Polk v. Pendleton
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The bill of complaint in this case, was filed by the appellee against the appellants; its object was to have a tax sale, at which the appellants were purchasers of certain lots of ground in the city of Baltimore, declared void, and a deed for the property made by the City Auditor to them, set aside on the ground that the property belonged to the appellee, that the tax sale was a nullity, and! the deed was a cloud upon her…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The bill of complaint in this case, was filed by the appellee against the appellants; its object was to have a tax sale, at which the appellants were purchasers of certain lots of ground in the city of Baltimore, declared void, and a deed for the property made by the City Auditor to them, set aside on the ground that the property belonged to the appellee, that the tax sale was a nullity, and! the deed was a cloud upon her title. The Court below, (Pinkney, J.,) passed a decree in favor of the appellee, from which the present appeal was taken.…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
It appears, by the pleadings and proofs in this case, that Robert W. Pendleton was, in his lifetime, seized in fee of a lot of ground in Baltimore city. In January, 1858, a judgment was recovered against him in the Superior Court of Baltimore City ; he died in 1861. In 1864, the judgment was revived by scire facias issued against his heirs, and judgment having been entered thereon, a writ of fieri facias was issued, under which the lot of ground, mentioned in the proceedings, was sold by the Sheriff” to the appellee, on the 11th day of November, 1864, and conveyed to her by the deed of the…
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