Rayner v. Nugent
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the' Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. The questions involved in this appeal arise upon the following exceptions filed by the appellant, as purchaser, to a sale of real estate, made by the appellees, under a power contained in' the will of John Nugent, deceased: The purchaser, William S. Rayner, excepts and objects to the ratification of the above sale of the property reported as sold to him by the administrators, and assigns the following reason-, therefor: That…
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Appeal from the' Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. The questions involved in this appeal arise upon the following exceptions filed by the appellant, as purchaser, to a sale of real estate, made by the appellees, under a power contained in' the will of John Nugent, deceased: The purchaser, William S. Rayner, excepts and objects to the ratification of the above sale of the property reported as sold to him by the administrators, and assigns the following reason-, therefor: That the said Nugent acquired title to the said property by virtue of a deed from the Reformed Presbyterian Church of…
1Opinion of the CourtRitchie, J.
The question presented by this appeal is, whether or not the right of burial in the property in question, at one time enjoyed by certain lot-holders, has been determined ?
In expressing the opinion that such right has been terminated, it follows that the order of ratification appealed from was, in our judgment, properly passed.
The property was conveyed to the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Baltimore by Robert Oliver by deed dated the 15th of July, 1828. By this deed the ground was conveyed in fee, and without any declaration of use or trust whatever. The church seems, however, from the use to…
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