Bladen v. Wells
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, in Equity. William Bladen, the appellant, on the 17th of September, 1864, purchased of Charles A. Wells and M. A. Wells, his wife, a tract of land.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, in Equity. William Bladen, the appellant, on the 17th of September, 1864, purchased of Charles A. Wells and M. A. Wells, his wife, a tract of land. On the same day the appellees executed and delivered to the appellant a deed; wherein the consideration and the description of the land sold were set forth, as follows: “In consideration of thirteen hundred dollars, we, the said Charles A. Wells and Mary L. Wells, his wife, do grant unto William Bladen all those tracts, parts of tracts or parcels of land situate, lying and being in Prince…
1Opinion of the Court
.Miller, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellant in his answer denies the parol agreement which the bill seeks to enforce, and to all the testimony adduced to establish it, he has filed exceptions as being inadmissible to vary, alter, explain or .contradict the deed of the 17th of September, 1864.
*581No principle of law is more firmly settled than that which excludes parol evidence from being used either at law or in equity for the purpose of contradicting, adding to, subtracting from, or varying the terms of a deed, or controlling its legal operation and effect, except where it is…
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