Walsh v. McIntire
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Alleghany County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception.—Stated in the Court’s opinion.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Alleghany County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception.—Stated in the Court’s opinion. Second Exception.—The plaintiffs offered five prayers, the first of which, as follows, the Court (Hoeeman and Syester J.,) refused as offered, but granted as modified: 1. That as both plaintiffs and defendant claim title under David Shriver, they are hoth estopped from denying his title. 2. That the defendant has given no proof legally sufficient to prove title in her by adverse possession, or otherwise. 3. If the jury find the death of David…
1Opinion of the CourtIrving, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought by the appellants against the appellee for a lot of ground containing about three acres. The appellee took defence on warrant, and surveys were made ; but no question of location seems to have arisen. The appellants claim under mesne conveyances from the heirs-at-law of David Shriver, who died in 1853, leaving certain heirs-at-law, all of whom resided out of the State. The defendant claims hy parol gift from David Shriver, the intestate ancestor of the plaintiffs’ grantors, alleged to have been made in 1851, followed by possession continuously by her,…
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