Elkton Supply Co. v. Stubbiles

Freida W. Stubbiles and William W. Stubbiles, her husband, filed a suit in ejectment in the Circuit Court for Cecil County, against the Elkton Supply Company, a corporation. The case came on for trial, and the court, sitting without jury, rendered a verdict for the defendant, The Elkton Supply Company.

The exact form of the verdict, as it appears in the record, in this appeal is, “Verdict of the Court is for the Defendant. Costs to be equally divided between the Plaintiffs and Defendant.”

The appellant, defendant below, appealed “from the judgment of the Court directing it to pay one-half of…