Steuart v. Meyer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The hill of complaint in this case prayed that the sale made to the appellee, Frederick C. Meyer, might he declared null and void; and that an injunction might he issued to restrain and prohibit said Meyer from taking possession of the premises in litigation, or setting up or asserting any title thereto under the pretended sale of the 14th of April, 1875, or demanding or receiving from Robert D. Morrison and Thomas R.…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The hill of complaint in this case prayed that the sale made to the appellee, Frederick C. Meyer, might he declared null and void; and that an injunction might he issued to restrain and prohibit said Meyer from taking possession of the premises in litigation, or setting up or asserting any title thereto under the pretended sale of the 14th of April, 1875, or demanding or receiving from Robert D. Morrison and Thomas R. Presstman, receivers, the net rents and profits of said property in their hands as such receivers ; and also that an injunction…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
The plaintiffs in this cause filed their bill to have set aside and declared void a certain tax sale of a lot of ground *461aud improvements thereon, in the City of Baltimore, as having been illegally made, for State and city taxes assessed for the years 1871 and 1874; and which sale, and the proceedings that have taken place thereon, have created, as it is alleged, a cloud upon the title to the property, which the plaintiffs seek to have removed.
The reversion in fee of the property sold was held by Charles C. Steuart, one of the plaintiffs, in trust for Helen Steuart, the other plaintiff; and…
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