Helden v. Hellen
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Brooke, J.), sustaining a demurrer to the bill of complaint filed in .this cause, and dismissing the same. It appeared from the bill and exhibits that, on March 21, 1890, Thos. A Mitchell and wife conveyed to W. F. Hellen, of the District of Columbia, certain real estate in Prince George’s County, known as “ Thos.
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Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Brooke, J.), sustaining a demurrer to the bill of complaint filed in .this cause, and dismissing the same. It appeared from the bill and exhibits that, on March 21, 1890, Thos. A Mitchell and wife conveyed to W. F. Hellen, of the District of Columbia, certain real estate in Prince George’s County, known as “ Thos. A. Mitchell’s sub-division of Ardwick,” in trust to secure the payment of six promissory notes, aggregating $7,000, made by Mitchell, payable to the order of W. W. Hall, the last of said notes falling due…
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, J.
The appeal in this case is from an order sustaining a demurrer to -a bill in equity. The bill charges that the appellant obtained by deed from Dr. Charles A. Wells and Mrs. Wells, on the 4th of January, 1894, a tract of land situate in Prince George’s County, containing 129 acres ; that Dr. Wells previously purchased the land at sheriff's sale, at the suit of himself against one Thomas A. Mitchell, and on the 27th of June, 1892,obtained the sheriff’s deed; that Mitchell, on the 21st of March, 1890, being on that date indebted unto the appellant’s grantor, executed an intrument of writing…
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