Judik v. Crane
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of , the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Wright, J.), sustaining a demurrer to the bill of complaint in this case and dismissing the same. The bill prayed for a decree enforcing the performance of a contract by the defendant to buy an original irredeemable ground rent of $140 per annum issuing out of lot No. 418 Forrest street, in said city.
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Appeal from a decree of , the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Wright, J.), sustaining a demurrer to the bill of complaint in this case and dismissing the same. The bill prayed for a decree enforcing the performance of a contract by the defendant to buy an original irredeemable ground rent of $140 per annum issuing out of lot No. 418 Forrest street, in said city. The plaintiff’s bill and exhibits showed that on August 24, 1871, a lease for ninety-nine years, with usual covenants and conditions, was executed by E. L. Rogers to J. M. Brock, reserving the annual rent of $240 out of a lot of…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
The appellant and his wife filed a bill in equity against the appellee for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of certain real estate in the city of Baltimore. On demurrer the Court dismissed the bill with costs.
The property was sold by auction to the appellee for the appellant, and was described as “an old and original irredeemable and well-secured ground rent of one hundred and forty dollars per annum on No. 418 Forrest street, near *617Gay street.” We will state the particulars of the title. Edmund Law Rogers and wife, in August, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, leased to John…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hintze v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1855
- Isaac v. ClarkeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1844
- Cook v. CreswellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
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- Crane v. JudikCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1897
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