Brown v. Renshaw
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. It appears from the record, that after the execution of the deed from William Key Howard to Catharine E. Lee on the 7th February, 1859, William Key Howard married again, and that he has had children by his second wife, and that he, his wife and children are now1 alive.
1Opinion of the CourtAlvuy, J.
This is an amicable bill filed by the appellee against the appellants for a specific performance of a contract of purchase of certain real estate in the City of Baltimore. The question presented is as to the sufficiency of the title offered by the vendor, and declined by the vendee; and this question depends upon the construction of two deeds ; the first, from William Key Howard to Charles Howard, dated 6th day of May, 1854, and the second, from William Key Howard and Agnes, his wife, to Charles Howard, dated the 8th of December, 1855.
By the first of these deeds, the estate was granted and…
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