Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. State

The appeal in this case requires a decision as to whether the judgment in a replevin suit in the Circuit Court for Charles County fully determined the question of title and is binding in a subsequent suit on the replevin bond, against the surety.

John A. Brickley, owner of a farm in St. Mary’s County, known as De La Brooke Manor, sold the place by contract dated June 27, 1949, to an Indian known as Will Brooks — Chief Hawk Eagle. Of the 300 acres sold, some 240 acres were in timber. The contract provided that the Indian Chief should pay a deposit of $1,000.00 on account of the purchase price…