Twigg v. Jacobs
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
[In this case, a warrant of resurvey upon a tract of land called Fat Bacon was issued on the 9th of September, 1776. To the certificate of the surveyor, returned on the 1st of November, 1797, a caveat was filed by James Twigg on the 5th of April, 1847, for the reasons appearing from the following opinion of the Chancellor.]
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
It appears, in this case, that Gabriel Jacobs, by whom the warrant of resurvey was taken out on the 9th of September, 1796, subsequently, that is, on the 27th of October, 1819, sold and conveyed the original tract, called “Fat Bacon,” to one Lenox Martin, from whom, by sundry mesne conveyances the title in said original tract has devolved upon the caveator, James Twigg. This transfer of the title to the original tract, would, it is supposed, take from the warrant the character and effect of a warrant of rosurvey, as the right to such a warrant only appertains to him who has a…
2Cited by1 opinion
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