John M'Creery's Lessee v. Allender
General Court of Virginia
Ejectment for lot No. 14, in the city of Baltimore, of that part of the said city called Fell’s Point. The following statement of facts was agreed upon and submitted to the court for their opinion thereon, viz.
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Ejectment for lot No. 14, in the city of Baltimore, of that part of the said city called Fell’s Point. The following statement of facts was agreed upon and submitted to the court for their opinion thereon, viz. Thai William Fell being seised in fee simple of lot No. 14 in the cily of Baltimore, tbe lot in the declaration of ejectnieJ1^ mentioned, on the 5th of October 1782, leased the same to one John Winning, his executors, &c. for ninety-nine years, at. a certain annual rent. That the said Winnivg entered and possessed the said lot under the said lease, andón the 15th of January 1787, by…
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, Ch. J.
The court are of opinion on the first point, that the title of Thomas M'Creery, an alien friend, is good against every body hut the state, and that his right and possession could not be divested but by office found, or some act done by the state,to acquire possession 5 and that th - right and title of Thomas M<Creery vested in John M‘Creery the administrator.
Judgment for the plaintiff, possession and costs.
2Cited by2 opinions
- Guyer v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1864
- Cunningham v. BrowningHigh Court of Chancery of Maryland · 1827