Wickes v. Anderson

The trustees under a decree of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, sitting as a court of equity, sold certain land pursuant to the decree and reported the sale, and the purchaser, Catherine O. Young Wickes, filed exceptions to the ratification of the sale on the ground that the title to three roods and seven perches of the land so sold was defective. The controversy was submitted to the chancellor on an agreed statement of facts. The decree of the chancellor overruled the exceptions and finally ratified and confirmed the sale. An appeal was then taken by the purchaser.

The facts submitted…