Western Maryland Railroad Land & Improvement Co. v. Goodwin

The appeal in this case is taken from a decree of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in Equity, based upon a special case stated under Rules Forty-seven and Forty-eight, promulgated by this Court for the regulation of the pleading and practice of Courts of Equity in this State.

The facts agreed upon and stated in the record are as follows: “That by a deed of mortgage dated the 3rd day of September, A. D., 1889, and recorded on the following day among the Mortgage Records of Baltimore County in Liber J. W. S., Yo. 144, folio 292, &c., Andrew Banks and Rebecca E. Banks, his wife, conveyed…