Timanus v. Dugan
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. This was an action of ejectment instituted in the year 1875 by the appellees against the appellants, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County and thence removed to the Court of Common Pleas.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. This was an action of ejectment instituted in the year 1875 by the appellees against the appellants, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County and thence removed to the Court of Common Pleas. According to the admitted facts, in addition to those stated in the opinion of the Court, Isabella Nelson being the owner ih fee of the property in this cause on the 27th October, 1829, leased it to Francis Bealmear for 10 years with the privilege to Bealmear of buying out the rent and reversion within the term. The leasehold interest passed by mesne assignments to…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
The questions that are presented in this case arise upon the construction of the last will and testament of Mrs.Isabella Nelson, late of the City of Philadelphia, who died in the year 1835. The will bears date the -24th of *415June, 1885, and was executed in manner and form to pass real estate in this State. The testatrix left surviving her two children ; Charlotte Nelson and Ann Buchanan, wife of James Buchanan. The clause of the will that is here involved reads as follows : “I also give and devise unto my daughter, Charlotte Nelson, all my lands in the State of Maryland, during Tier natural…
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