Rutter v. Small
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. This was an action of ejectment instituted by the appellant to recover of the appellees an undivided one-sixth interest in a lot of ground in the City of Baltimore, described in the declaration. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The plaintiff is the only surviving child and heir-at-law of Philip Rutter, and as such is entitled to an undivided one-sixth interest in the lot of ground in controversy, unless his title thereto is barred by the adversary possession of the defendants. The lot originally belonged to his grandfather, Thomas Rutter, who in 1815 conveyed it to' Mary C. Clark for life, and after her death to James Flemming and Jude Clark during their lives and to the survivor of them. Thomas Rutter died in 1817, leaving six children, one of whom was Philip, the father of the plaintiff. In 1829, all the children…
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