Powles v. Jordan
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Carroll County. The appellant brought an action of ejectment against the appellee for a tract of land situated in Carroll County. The plaintiff offered in evidence a deed from Jacob Reese and wife to John Lammott conveying the lands in controversy; and also a deed for the same lands from John Lammott and wife to William Cock.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Carroll County. The appellant brought an action of ejectment against the appellee for a tract of land situated in Carroll County. The plaintiff offered in evidence a deed from Jacob Reese and wife to John Lammott conveying the lands in controversy; and also a deed for the same lands from John Lammott and wife to William Cock. This deed conveyed the lands to Cock, his heirs and assigns, upon the following trusts: “Intrust and confidence, nevertheless, and to and for, and upon the uses and the ends, intents and purposes, and with, under, and subject to the…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
*503The appellee took an exception to the admission in evidence of the transcript from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The objection urged against its competency is that the proceeding was instituted by a married woman suing in her own name, and not by next friend. It was undoubtedly an error to disregard the provision of the statute in this particular; but the Court had ample jurisdiction to grant the relief sought in the case, and it has never been held that errors and irregularities would render a decree or judgment void, when the Court was acting within *the limits of its jurisdiction.…
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