A. S. Abell Co. v. Firemen's Insurance

Fowler J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a special case stated, in the nature of a bill for specific performance, under the provisions of sec. 184, &c., Art. 16 of the Code. Its object is to obtain the decision of this Court upon the question whether the title to the property sold by the plaintiff to the defendant is a good and marketable fee-simple title, free from liens and incumbrances. It appears from the agreed statement of facts that the Firemen’s Insurance Company of Baltimore, sold at public áuction to the A. S. Abell Company, of Baltimore, the fee-simple lot of ground and…