Oppenheimer v. Levi
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore County (Fowler, C. J.) The bill alleges that at the time of the tax sale the purchaser was the tenant of appellants (which, of itself, is an allegation of possession); that it was his duty to pay the taxes according to the covenant in the lease; that he withheld his tax deed from the record for more than five years and until he was ready to transfer the title to Toner ; that he alone knew that the description on the tax…
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore County (Fowler, C. J.) The bill alleges that at the time of the tax sale the purchaser was the tenant of appellants (which, of itself, is an allegation of possession); that it was his duty to pay the taxes according to the covenant in the lease; that he withheld his tax deed from the record for more than five years and until he was ready to transfer the title to Toner ; that he alone knew that the description on the tax ledger referred to the lot in question ; that notice of the proposed sale was served upon Levi, and that by his…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
Samuel Ellinger and wife, in 1869, leased the lot of land now in controversy, situated in Baltimore County, to Lena Sachs for ninety-nine years reserving to the said Ellinger and his heirs a yearly rent of fifty dollars payable one-half February 1st, and the other half August 1st; and the lessee covenanted for herself, her personal representatives and assigns to pay this rent and the taxes upon the lot. The leasehold estate therein, by deed of assignment made December 31st, 1884, became vested in the appellee, Jacob Levi, and his wife, Babet Levi, who on February 16th, 1887, assigned the same…
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