Hanson v. Campbell's Lessee
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County: Ejectment, for part of the western half of lot No. 55, in' Frederick City, brought on the 11th of October 1856, by the appellee against the appellant. Plea non end, and defence on warrant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County: Ejectment, for part of the western half of lot No. 55, in' Frederick City, brought on the 11th of October 1856, by the appellee against the appellant. Plea non end, and defence on warrant. The case is stated in the opinion of this Court and the arguments of counsel, so far as is essential to a proper apprehension of the points decided by the' Court.- The cause was argued before Bowie, C. J., aiid Barton,Goldsborougii and Cochran, J. The argument in this case will be confined exclusively to the ruling of the Circuit Court, in the second and…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
The subject of controversy in this case is the title to a small piece of ground forming a part of the “west half of lot No. 55,” in the town of’Frederick. There is no dispute between the parties about locations, nor about any of the facts material to the decision of the case; they both claim title from the same proprietor, and as the appellee’s deed is the elder, Ms title must prevail over that of the *230appellant, if the land in dispute is embraced within the description contained in his deed.
The whole question therefore turns upon the true construction of the deed from John Baltzell and wife…
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