Legal Opinion

Stevens v. Bond

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided May 10, 1876PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in Equity. On the 3rd of April, 1871, Benjamin V. Bichardson and wife, executed a mortgage of certain property, in Baltimore County, to Caroline E. Bichardson, by whom it was assigned to the appellee, Elijah J. Bond. The mortgage contained a power of sale. The equity of redemption was conveyed to George O. and Daniel G. Stevens.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in Equity. On the 3rd of April, 1871, Benjamin V. Bichardson and wife, executed a mortgage of certain property, in Baltimore County, to Caroline E. Bichardson, by whom it was assigned to the appellee, Elijah J. Bond. The mortgage contained a power of sale. The equity of redemption was conveyed to George O. and Daniel G. Stevens. On the 16tli of September, 1874, the assignee, by his attorney, filed in the Court below, the original mortgage, together with his bond, which was properly approved, and his account of the mortgage debt. The property…

1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.

That sufficient public notice of the sale of the property in question, was not given, is the chief objection made to the sale by the appellants.

It is not necessary in an advertisement of property for public sale, to give a minute description of its exact location, or to give its metes and bounds — any description in the advertisement, which informs the public of the property to be sold is sufficient. Reeside & Wife vs. Peter, 33 Md., 120.

This was a sale by the assignee of a mortgage, and the property is described in the mortgage as lying in Baltimore County, near the Baltimore and Susquehanna…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Reeside v. PeterCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1870

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Preske v. CarrollCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1940
  2. Ten Hills Co. v. Ten Hills Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1939
  3. Ivrey v. KarrCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1943
  4. DeTamble v. AdkinsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1956
  5. Dircks v. LogsdonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1882

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