Guyer v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County: This was an action of Ejectment brought by the appellants against the appellees, on the 1st of October 1858, for Lot No. 876, containing fifty acres of land. Plea non cul. No defence on warrant was taken, and no questions of location arise in tlie case. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of this Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County: This was an action of Ejectment brought by the appellants against the appellees, on the 1st of October 1858, for Lot No. 876, containing fifty acres of land. Plea non cul. No defence on warrant was taken, and no questions of location arise in tlie case. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of this Court. The plaintiff’s prayer and the fifth, sixth and seventh prayers of the defendants, upon which arise the questions involved in this appeal, are as follows: Plaintiffs’ Prayer.- — “The plaintiffs, by their counsel, pray the…
1Opinion of the CourtEaetol, J.
This was an action of Ejectment brought by the appellants against the appellees on the 1st day of October 1858, *246for Lot No. 876, containing fifty acres of land. Plea non cul. No questions of location arise in the case. The plaintiff offered in evidence the award of the lot in question, under the Act of 1788, (November session,) to Thomas Adams, and a deed for the same from Adams to John Guyer, of the city of Annapolis, dated the thirtieth day of March 1792. They then offered, by consent, evidence taken in the Island of St. Bartholomew. From this evidence it appears that John Guyer died in the…
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