Gent v. Lynch
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore county. This was an action brought by-the appellee against the appellant, on the 1st of March 1861. The declaration contained throe counts; the 1st and 2nd in case for slander of the plaintiff’s title as owneT in fee-simple of a tract of land situate in Baltimore county, called “Nackey Ford’s Lot,” and being part of “ Stansbury’s Plainsthe 3rd, in trespass guare clausum fregii for trespass on the same land.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore county. This was an action brought by-the appellee against the appellant, on the 1st of March 1861. The declaration contained throe counts; the 1st and 2nd in case for slander of the plaintiff’s title as owneT in fee-simple of a tract of land situate in Baltimore county, called “Nackey Ford’s Lot,” and being part of “ Stansbury’s Plainsthe 3rd, in trespass guare clausum fregii for trespass on the same land. The defendant pleaded the general issue. The material evidence in the case, and a statement of the substance of the plaintiff’s and defendant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
This action was instituted by the appellee. The first and second counts of the declaration are in case for slander of the plaintiff’s title to a parcel of land situate in Baltimore county, containing about twenty-three acres, being part of a tract called “Stansbury’s Plains,” and distinguished by the name of “Nackey Ford’s Lot.” The third count is in trespass, for breaking and entering the same land, and cutting and carrying away wood. The defendant pleaded “Not Guilty.” The jury found a general verdict for the plaintiff.
At the trial below the'plaintiff offered one prayer, which was granted,…
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