Halstead v. Hall
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the appellant on the 18th of September, 1881, to recover from the appellee one undivided fourth part of a lot of ground, and the improvements thereon, situated at the intersection of Cornhill street and Market Space, in the City of Annapolis, and also for mesne profits, by way of damages for the detention of the said property from the plaintiff.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the appellant on the 18th of September, 1881, to recover from the appellee one undivided fourth part of a lot of ground, and the improvements thereon, situated at the intersection of Cornhill street and Market Space, in the City of Annapolis, and also for mesne profits, by way of damages for the detention of the said property from the plaintiff. To the declaration the defendant pleaded “not guilty.” At April Term, 1882, the case, by agreement of the parties, was submitted to, and tried before;…
1Opinion of the CourtRitchie, J.
The determination of this appeal depends upon the construction to be given the following clause in the will of Mrs. Ann Lamden, under which the appellant claims to be entitled to an undivided one-fourth in the premises sued for:
*211“I will and bequeath unto my aunt, Miss Harriet Goldsmith, all the rest and residue of my estate, real and personal, for her own use dtiring her life; at her death, I will and bequeath it to my cousin, Captain William Henry Gardner, to descend to his female children and grandchildren, and to their heirs forever.”
The will was made in 1848, and the testatrix died in…
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