Cushwa v. Cushwa
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Washington county court. This appeal was taken by the appellant, (the defendant below,) from a judgment of the county court, (Marshall, A. J.,) in an ejectment case.
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Appeal from Washington county court. This appeal was taken by the appellant, (the defendant below,) from a judgment of the county court, (Marshall, A. J.,) in an ejectment case. The court passed an order upot) application of the plaintiff, directing the clerk to strike out the docket entry of “plea of not guilty, and defence on warrant,” and to suffer the judgment, “that the plaintiff recover against the defendant his term, and the sum of $500, his damages laid in his declaration,” which had been previously rendered in the cause, “to stand for want of a plea.” The pleadings and facts of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Frick I.,
delivered the opinion of this court.
This case is before us upon appeal from the proceedings of WasM/igion county court in an action of ejectment, the record of which shows:
That the action was instituted at March term, 1846, by the usual proceedings against the casual ejector, the copy of which was duly served upon Benjamin Oushwa the tenant in possession, who at the same term appeared, entered into the consent rule, and the case was continued to the next term of the court (the 3d Monday of November,) with leave to ascertain his defence, in the usual form.
At the imparlance day, Cushwa…
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