Numsen v. Lyon
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Dennis, J.) William Numsen, by his will, devised his estate to trustees in trust to make partition, with power, however, to sell any parts and divide the proceeds.
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Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Dennis, J.) William Numsen, by his will, devised his estate to trustees in trust to make partition, with power, however, to sell any parts and divide the proceeds. The trustees submitted the administration of their trust to the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, and on February 19, 1897, they reported to the Court an agreement to sell at private sale to Samuel H. Lyon for.$114,000, a lot of ground in Baltimore City, being the block bounded by Light, German, Grant and Mercer streets. The sale was ratified nisi, but the reported…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
Nathaniel and William Numsen, trustees under a will, sold to Samuel H. Lyon a tract of land in the city of Baltimore. It was agreed as a condition of the sale that the title to the property should be in fee-simple and clear of all incumbrances. The purchaser by appropriate proceedings excepted in a Court of Equity to the ratification of the sale. His exceptions were sustained and the sale set aside and annulled. The trustees appealed.
The title to a portion of the land was derived from a sale under the decree of a Court of Equity in the case of Busk and others v. King, passed in April,…
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