Owings v. Norwood's Lessee
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the General Court. The appellee brought an action of ejectment for a tract of land called The Discovery, lying in Baltimore county, containing 520 acres and an half acre of land. The defendant, (now appellant,) took defence on warrant, and plots were returned. 1. First bill of exceptions.
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Appeal from the General Court. The appellee brought an action of ejectment for a tract of land called The Discovery, lying in Baltimore county, containing 520 acres and an half acre of land. The defendant, (now appellant,) took defence on warrant, and plots were returned. 1. First bill of exceptions. The plaintiff at the trial at May term 1804, read in evidence the patent of a tract of land called Brown’s ¡Adventure, granted to Thomas Brown on the 10th of November 1695,- for 1000 acres. Also the grant to Norwood, the lessor of the plaintiff,- for the tract of land called The Discovery, the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court of Appeals,
at this term, e^Zmedthejudg» inent of the General Court, concurring in the opinions expressed in all the bills of exceptions.
The appellant considered this was a case arising under a treaty, within the meaning of the constitution of the United States, and that the supreme court had appellate jurisdiction therein, he therefore sued out a writ of error under the provisions of the 25th section of the act of congress, entitled, “An act to establish the judicial courts of the United *112States,” passed the 24& of September 1789j but the swpreme court, considering it not to be such…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Owings v. Norwood's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1809
3Cited by2 opinions
- Colvin v. WarfordCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1863
- Cunningham v. BrowningHigh Court of Chancery of Maryland · 1827