Lavender's Lessee v. Gosnell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. This was an action of ejectment brought by the appellant against the appellees. The facts are sufficiently given in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. This was an action of ejectment brought by the appellant against the appellees. The facts are sufficiently given in the opinion of the Court. Exception —The plaintiff offered the following prayer which the Court, (G-rason and Yellott, J.,) refused: If the jury find the execution and delivery of all the deeds offered in evidence, and that Elizabeth Towson, prior to 1831, married Isaiah O’Dell, and died intestate in December, 1843, leaving surviving her, her said husband and six heirs-at-law, of whom Thomas T. O’Dell was one, and that the said…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
Thomas T. O’.Dell applied for the benefit of the insolvent laws, and received his discharge in January 1841. On the 28th day of March 1842, he applied for the benefit of the Bankrupt Law of the United States (of 1841,) and received his final discharge thereunder, in August 1842.
In .December 1843, Elizabeth, wife of Isaiah O’Dell died intestate, seized in fee of a tract of land known as “ Sheepfold and Wilmot’s Meadows,” leaving her husband surviving her, who died in 1847, and six heirs-at-law, among whom was Thomas T. O’Dell, the insolvent, who by deed dated the 10th day of May ls64, conveyed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Van Nostrand v. CarrCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1869
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- In re DamonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1879
- Osborn v. FenderSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903