Case Name: Ayres vs. Toland
Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 1825-06
Citations: 7 H. & J. 3
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ayres vs. Toland.
Judges: The cause was argued before Buchanan, Ch. J. and Earle, Stephen, and Dorsey, J.
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the General Court and Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland, form 1800 ... [to 1826]
Volume: 7
Pages: 3–3

Head Matter:
Ayres vs. Toland.
June, 1825.
An action may be maintained by tlie plaintiff in his own right, on a bond executed to him us administrator of a person deceased.
Appeal from Harford County Court. The plaintiff below (now appellant,) brought an action of debt in his own right against the defendant, (the appellee,) upon a single bill, dated the 15th of May 1821, executed by the defendant and Martha Haley, whereby, six months after date, they jointly and severally promised to pay to the plaintiff, administrator of Thomas Haley, deceased, $56 56, with interest, &c. The defendant demurred to the declaration, and the plaintiff joined in demurrer. The County Court, [ Ward, A. J.] ruled the demurrer good, and rendered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed to this court.
The cause was argued before Buchanan, Ch. J. and Earle, Stephen, and Dorsey, J.
Speed, for the Appellant,
contended — 1. That an executor or administrator may sue in his own name for a debt arising due after the death of the testator or intestate. 2. That the words "administrator of Thomas Haley, deceased," used in the single bill, were but descriptio personae, and did not affect the remedy upon it. He referred to 2 Selw. N. P. 703. Hosier vs. Ld. Arundell,, 3 Bos. & Pull. 11. Shipman vs Thompson, Willes Rep. 104. (and notes.)
Mitchell, for the Appellee,
cited Betts vs Mitchell, 10 Mod. 315. King vs. Thom, 1 T. R. 487. Ord vs. Fenwick, 3 East, 110. Henshall vs. Roberts, 5 East, 150. Hosier vs. Ld. Arundell, 3 Bos. & Pull. 7; and the act of 1820, ch. 174, s. 3.

Opinion:
judgment reversed,
and judgment rendered for the appellant for the debt and costs.