Stump v. Henry
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Equity Side of Harford' county court. This bill was filed on the 28th of September 1841, by the appellees, heirs at Taw of Isaac Henry, deceased, for partitions of certain- land, of which they claim one undivided third, the other two-thirds belonging, as they say, to the appellant Stump.
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Appeal from the Equity Side of Harford' county court. This bill was filed on the 28th of September 1841, by the appellees, heirs at Taw of Isaac Henry, deceased, for partitions of certain- land, of which they claim one undivided third, the other two-thirds belonging, as they say, to the appellant Stump. The complainants insist, that their father, Isaae Henry, together with Sample and Woolsey, purchased the land on the 29th of October 1817, at sheriff’s sale, under an execution upon a judgment of Sample against John- Richie, the original owner, and took a deed therefor from the sheriff, dated…
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
The complainants, (the present appellees,) as heirs at law of Isaac Henry, claim title to one undivided third part of certain lands, situate in Harford county, the remaining two thirds of which they say belong to the defendant Thomas C. Stump. And the bill is filed to effect a partition. Stump, (who is in fact the only defendant having any real interest in the controversy,) denies in his answer, the title of the complainants, and relies upon limitation. It will be seen however, that in reference to his own title, he says “he purchased said lands from the trustee appointed by the chancellor to…
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