Walston's Lessee v. White
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Worcester county. Ejectment by the appellant against tlie appellee for a tract of land called “Jerusalem.” Plea, non cut., and defence on warrant. Both parties claim under certain clauses in the will of Jonathan S. Parsons, executed on the 1st of June 1848, which are fully set out iu the opinion of this court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Worcester county. Ejectment by the appellant against tlie appellee for a tract of land called “Jerusalem.” Plea, non cut., and defence on warrant. Both parties claim under certain clauses in the will of Jonathan S. Parsons, executed on the 1st of June 1848, which are fully set out iu the opinion of this court. The following plat and explanations sufficiently exhibit the location of the land: Explanations of the aforegoing Plat. 1. From M. to G. runs the stream located by the plaintiff as “Beaver Dam Branch;” at F. there is a fork of the stream extending to G.…
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.
This is an ejectment brought to recover a tract of land called Jerusalem, claimed by the appellant by virtue of a devise to him contained in the will of Jonathan S. Parsons. The testator was seized of a body of land comprising sundry small tracts, which had been resurveyed and consolidated into one tract, called Parsons’ Outlet. Through Parsons’ Outlet flowed the Beaver Dam Branch, separating from the body which lay on the north side two small parts which lay on the south side, and in immediate contiguity with the stream. The road from Salisbury to Dirickson’s Cross-Roads passes through the…
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