Keefauver v. Richardson

Marbury J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

To be resolved on this appeal is the question of which of the parties has superior claim to lots numbered 33 to 36 inclusive, in the subdivision known as “Shanabrooke’s Resubdivision of Central Heights”, College Park, Maryland. The appellants, J. Earl Keefauver and his wife, claim the property by virtue of tax titles and adverse possession, while the appellee James E. Richardson, Jr. presents his claim under a right of redemption.

Pursuant to Code (1957), Article 81, § 97, et seq., the appellants filed a bill in equity in the Circuit Court for…