Bay v. Posner
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appjsal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. This is an appeal from a pro forma decree in an amicable suit for specific performance of a contract of purchase of a piece of property in Baltimore City, instituted by the appellants against the appellee to determine the title of the property involved.
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Appjsal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. This is an appeal from a pro forma decree in an amicable suit for specific performance of a contract of purchase of a piece of property in Baltimore City, instituted by the appellants against the appellee to determine the title of the property involved. In 1802, Daniel Deady died seised and possessed of a considerable estate, of which the leaseholds in lots A, B, C, D and E on the plat marked “S. P. No. 1,” constituted a part. In 1804, Christopher Johnston, executor of Deady, convoyed the southernmost 22J (of the 24) feet of lots A and B and…
1Opinion of the Court · FowlerFowler, J.
This is one of the many cases which from time to time are brought here on appeal from pro forma orders for the purpose of perfecting titles. The law has, wisely, not required that titles to real estate shall be absolutely perfect and free from every possible doubt. In the case of Gill vs. Wells, 59 Md., 492, after saying that no general rule can be laid down as to what doubts will be sufficient to make a title not marketable,. this language is used: “A threat or even the possibility of a contest will not be sufficient. The doubt must be considerable and rational, such as would *47and ought to…
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