Case Name: Preston's Administratrix vs. West
Court: General Court of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 1797-10
Citations: 4 H. & McH. 70
Docket Number: 
Parties: Preston’s Administratrix vs. West.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maryland reports, being a series of the most important law cases argued and determined in the Provincial Court and Court of Appeals of the then province of Maryland, from the year 1700 [i.e. 1658] down to the [end of 1799]
Volume: 4
Pages: 70–70

Head Matter:
GENERAL COURT,
OCTOBER TERM, 1797.
Preston’s Administratrix vs. West.
Error to Harford county court. Judgment was rendered in March, 1784, against Martin Preston, by non sum informatns, for the debt due on a single bill, with accruing interest, and costs. An injunction was served after a fi.fa. had been laid. A scLfa. afterwards issued on the 18th March, 1788, against Rebecca Preston, as administratrix of Martin, and at March term, 1790, a fiat was entered, &c. The writ of error in this case was brought on the jiaf against the administratrix.
Hollingsworth, for plaintiff in error.
Smith, for the defendant in error.

Opinion:
The generar court reversed the judgment of the county court.