Colvin v. Warford
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City : This case was heretofore before ibis Court, and is reported in 14 Md. Rep., 532. It was then, as bow, an action of ejectment, instituted in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, by the appellees, as plaintiffs, alleging themselves to be eight of eleven heirs at law of Rachel Colvin,'and claiming a large amount of real estate, in different parts of the City of Baltimore.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City : This case was heretofore before ibis Court, and is reported in 14 Md. Rep., 532. It was then, as bow, an action of ejectment, instituted in the Superior Court of Baltimore City, by the appellees, as plaintiffs, alleging themselves to be eight of eleven heirs at law of Rachel Colvin,'and claiming a large amount of real estate, in different parts of the City of Baltimore. To defeat the claim of the appellees, the appellant gave in evidence two wills of the said Rachel, duly executed to pass real estate. One was a will dated the 6th of. April,…
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment obtained by tho appellees in a suit brought to recover possession of certain parcels of real estate, claimed by them as heirs at law of Rachel Colvin.
For the purpose of defeating the claim set up by the appellees, the appellant offered in evidence a will executed by Rachel Colvin on the 6th of April 1848, with the proceedings upon which it had been admitted to probate after the trial of issues, and also a will, executed by her on the *38430th. of October 1845, in both of which he was named devisee of the property in question. The appellees then offered a mass of…
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