Key's Lessee v. Davis
Court of Appeals of Maryland
This suit was tried July term 1850, and was instituted ,14th-August 1840. It was an action of ejectment* brought in’Chafles county court, to recover tracts of land- called Bettys Delight, St. Nicholas Hills and Chandlers Hills, situate in the' said county. Defence was taken upon warrant and a survey ordered, and a commission to taire testimony. Verdict was -obtained by the defendant.
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This suit was tried July term 1850, and was instituted ,14th-August 1840. It was an action of ejectment* brought in’Chafles county court, to recover tracts of land- called Bettys Delight, St. Nicholas Hills and Chandlers Hills, situate in the' said county. Defence was taken upon warrant and a survey ordered, and a commission to taire testimony. Verdict was -obtained by the defendant. This appeal by the plaintiff, brought before this court the several opinions of the court below. The plaintiff deduced title from the patentee for the land, located by him for his claim and pretensions. The title…
1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.
This was an action of ejectment, in which the appellant (the plaintiff below,) claimed title to the land in controversy, through James Key, the elder, who, by his will, disposed of the same, as follows : “To my said beloved wife, during her natural life; remainder to my son Thomas Key, and the heirs of his body; remainder to my son James Key, apd the heirs of his body; remainder to my two daughters,” &c. The defendants then offered in evidence, a deed executed by the said Thomas Key, on the ninth day of November 1799, duly executed and recorded, by which the lands in controversy were conveyed…
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