Downin v. Sprecher
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This ejectment is for an undivided sixth part of certain lands in Washington county. The plaintiffs claim title under the will of their grand-father, and the defendant as purchaser under a decree in equity. The main facts of the case are these:
John Johnston died in 1821 seised in fee of the lands in controversy, leaving a will by which he devised an undivided sixth part thereof to each of five daughters, the devise to one being charged with the payment of the sum of $3,06 L to the other devisees named in the will, in equal shares. The remaining undivided sixth part he devised to his “…
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