Dorsey v. Wayman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this cause was filed by the appellant on the 7th September, 1837, and alleged that in 1818, William Hobbs, of S. fyc. deceased, being seized and possessed of a parcel of land, agreed with Henry Wayman to sell him the same at and for the price of $20 an acre, and the said Wayman agreed to pay the purchase money for said land in annual instalments of $100; that Wayman, shortly after said agreement entered into possession, and ever…
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this cause was filed by the appellant on the 7th September, 1837, and alleged that in 1818, William Hobbs, of S. fyc. deceased, being seized and possessed of a parcel of land, agreed with Henry Wayman to sell him the same at and for the price of $20 an acre, and the said Wayman agreed to pay the purchase money for said land in annual instalments of $100; that Wayman, shortly after said agreement entered into possession, and ever since has held and used the same. That the precise quantity, contained in said parcel was unknown at the time of the…
1Opinion of the CourtArcher, C. J.
The agreement for the sale of land, called “ Range Declined,” contains no sufficient description of the land sold. It is described, as being all that part of “ Range Declined,” lying adjoining the turnpike. Thus, the contract gives only the line adjoining the turnpike; what are the other courses and distances of the land sold, cannot be known from the agreement itself, or by any thing referred to in it. Such an agreement, *67we apprehend, we could not enforce further, than as admitted by the defendant. To this extent, the Chancellor has decreed against the defendant, and he concedes, that to…
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