Peters v. Tilghman.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Worcester County (Holland, J.). Defendant's J¡ih Prayer. — If the jury find from the evidence that the parcel of land, laid down on the plat, made under the warrant of survey .in this case, as the “Trespass and lying between the Tull Road and the road leading’ from the Fairfield House to the 27th line of Mt.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Worcester County (Holland, J.). Defendant's J¡ih Prayer. — If the jury find from the evidence that the parcel of land, laid down on the plat, made under the warrant of survey .in this case, as the “Trespass and lying between the Tull Road and the road leading’ from the Fairfield House to the 27th line of Mt. Vernon, near the sawdust heap, had been in the undisputed' and peaceable possession of the defendants, Ellen A. Robins and William L. Robins, and those under whom they claim title for more than twenty years before the deed to Caroline M. Peters from…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
This is an action of trespass quare clausum fregit brought by Caroline P. Peters in her life against the appellees, and upon her death the appellants were made parties plaintiffs in her place. The plaintiffs’ close is described in the declaration as “certain lands of the plaintiff, the said Caroline P. Peters, situated in Worcester County in the State of Maryland; which were conveyed to her by Joseph Godfrey by deed dated December 1st, 1883, recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, in Liber I. T. M. Eo. 10, folio 87.”
The defendants pleaded not guilty, and took defense on warrant,…
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