Wilson v. Watts
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore city. Watts, the appellee, on the 21st of October 1843, mortgaged a.tract of land in Baltimore county, called “The Bare Hill Farm,” containing about ninety-three acres, to Johnzee Hook, to secure a debt of $1657.67. The mortgage was executed under the act of 1826, ch. 192, under the provisions of which the mortgagee gave a power of attorney, to sell the property, to Samuel H. Taggart, Esq., who filed his bond in Baltimore county…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore city. Watts, the appellee, on the 21st of October 1843, mortgaged a.tract of land in Baltimore county, called “The Bare Hill Farm,” containing about ninety-three acres, to Johnzee Hook, to secure a debt of $1657.67. The mortgage was executed under the act of 1826, ch. 192, under the provisions of which the mortgagee gave a power of attorney, to sell the property, to Samuel H. Taggart, Esq., who filed his bond in Baltimore county court, sitting in equity, which was duly approved by that court, and advertised the property for sale on the 23rd of April…
1Opinion of the Court
Eccleston, J.:
Before looking into the evidence in this case, I will examine the principles, chiefly relied upon by the appellant, as grounds of objection to the correctness of the relief granted to the appellee by the decree appealed from.
1st. It is said the appellee cannot deny the title of the appellant to any portion of the estate purchased by him, under the sale ratified by the order or decree of the court, in the case of Hook against Watts, (the appellee,) because his petition, signed and filed in' that case, his written consent to the ratification of the sale, and the decree thereon,…
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