Amey v. Marshael
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The judgment by default was recovered by Reuben Marshael, the appellee’s testator.
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
The judgment in this case was rendered at the May-Term, 1862, of the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The action was ejectment under St. 4 Geo. II, c. 28, sec. 2. The Statute appears to have been complied with to entitle the plaintiff to judgment, if the proceedings were regular in other respects. The irregularity complained of consists in the fact that while the action was brought against Ellen Shannabrook and Ellen Amey, as tenants in possession, the sheriff made return that the copy of the declaration had been “served on Elizabeth Hodges, tenant in possession, on the 7th of January,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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