Howard v. Carpenter
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore city. The bill in.this case, filed on the 7th of September 1852, by the appellee, against the appellants, alleges that in 1846, Carpenter entered into a written contract of lease with Mrs. Catón, under her signature, to lease of her a tract of land, near Catonsville, containing about ninety acres, particularly described in said contract, now in possession of Charles Z. Lucas, the agent and solicitor of the defendants, and that…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore city. The bill in.this case, filed on the 7th of September 1852, by the appellee, against the appellants, alleges that in 1846, Carpenter entered into a written contract of lease with Mrs. Catón, under her signature, to lease of her a tract of land, near Catonsville, containing about ninety acres, particularly described in said contract, now in possession of Charles Z. Lucas, the agent and solicitor of the defendants, and that under this contract he entered into and remains in peaceable possession of the premises; that a few months subsequent to the…
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
The will of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, contains three clauses, devising property in trust for his daughter Mrs. Catón} to which clauses particular reference has been made, in argument, for the purpose of ascertaining the nature and extent of her authority or right to dispose of, or to lease the property in dispute. The deed creating her title, conveyed the property to the trustees therein named, “in trust for the uses and trusts specified and declared of and concerning the property bequeathed to them in trust for the use and benefit of Mrs. Catón,” by her father’s will.
The appellants…
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