Sprigg v. Moale
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The lessee of the appellants brought an action of Ejectment in the Superior Court of Baltimore city, to recover part of a tract of land, called “Upton Court Resurveyed,” lying on the middle branch of the Patapsco river, within the city of Baltimore. The declaration was in the common form.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The lessee of the appellants brought an action of Ejectment in the Superior Court of Baltimore city, to recover part of a tract of land, called “Upton Court Resurveyed,” lying on the middle branch of the Patapsco river, within the city of Baltimore. The declaration was in the common form. In the progress of the cause, Randle H. Moale, was made defendant, and appeared; and confessing lease, entry and ouster, he pleaded “Not guilty.” Upon the trial, a verdict was rendered in favor of the defendant. Nine prayers were' offered by the plaintiff at…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
This is an action of ejectment, in which the lessors of the plaintiff claim title to the land in dispute, as heirs-at-law, in different degrees, of Jacob Giles, by collateral descent. It appears that John Giles, the father, who died in the year 1725, had, some time before his death, compounded for a tract of land called Upton Court, lying on the Patapsco river, in Baltimore county, but died before he obtained a patent therefor; and by his will, dated and admitted to probate in 1725, he devised a. part of Upton Court to his son John Giles, and the residue thereof to his son Jacob Giles. This…
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