Langley v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. First Fxcejrtion: The plaintiffs prayed the Court to instruct the jury that the record of proceedings in the judgment, in favor of Hanson Clarke against Robert F. Chew, and the schedule, return and advertisement of the.sheriff, and the deed, as offered in evidence by the defendant, are not sufficient in law to establish an outstanding title as against the plaintiffs as to the two tracts of land or parts of tracts…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. First Fxcejrtion: The plaintiffs prayed the Court to instruct the jury that the record of proceedings in the judgment, in favor of Hanson Clarke against Robert F. Chew, and the schedule, return and advertisement of the.sheriff, and the deed, as offered in evidence by the defendant, are not sufficient in law to establish an outstanding title as against the plaintiffs as to the two tracts of land or parts of tracts called Gileard and Gidor, named in the proceedings and claimed in the declaration 'in this cause, because the sheriff, in…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
This suit was brought by the appellants; the parties on each side claimed title under Robert F. Chew. The title of the defendants was derived under a seizure and sale by the sheriff by virtue of a writ of fieri fiadas against Robert F. Chew. In support of which they offered in evidence the judgment and execution, with the return of the sheriff thereto, and also the deed of the sheriff conyeying the land to the purchaser. This title was assailed upon the ground that the seizure made by the sheriff under the fieri fiadas so far as respected the tracts called “ Gidor” and “Gileard” was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Waters v. DuvallCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1839
- Clarke v. BelmearCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1829
- Wright v. OrrellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1862
3Cited by3 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GouldCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1887
- Busey ex rel. Hilleary v. TuckCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1877
- Lynch v. EarleSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1894