Smith v. Doe

This was an action of ejectment brought to recover certain leasehold property situate in the City of Baltimore. The case was tried in the Court below on an agreed statement of facts; and whether, upon the facts thus admitted, the plaintiff is entitled to recover is the question to be decided.

From the agreed statement it appears that Hannibal Con•ner died about the year 1813, sole owner and possessor of the leasehold property in question, and that by his will, which was duly admitted to probate after his death, he bequeathed the same to his wife Sybil Conner for life, and after her death to…