Armstrong v. Bittinger
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Commissioner of the Land Office. Thomas H. Bittinger and Christian J. Brennaman set forth to the Commissioner of the Land Office that there was escheat to the State two lots in Garrett County, Md., of the military lands lying westward of Port Cumberland, in said county.
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Appeal from the Commissioner of the Land Office. Thomas H. Bittinger and Christian J. Brennaman set forth to the Commissioner of the Land Office that there was escheat to the State two lots in Garrett County, Md., of the military lands lying westward of Port Cumberland, in said county. At their prayer, the Commissioner issued to the surveyor of the count}*- his warrant of resurvey on the 6th day of November, 1873, by virtue of which a certificate of resurvey was returned by the surveyor, May 13th, 1874. Afterwards Bittinger and Brennaman paid to the Commissioner of the Land Office the…
1Opinion of the Court
Alvey, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.. According to the view we have of this case, it is not necessary that we should decide the question, whether Solomon Armstrong, the caveator, be the heir-at-law of Captain George Armstrong, to whom military lots, Nos. 2867, 2368, 2395, and 2396, were allotted, of the land lying west of Fort Cumberland, appropriated by the State to the officers and soldiers of the Maryland line, for services in the revolutionary war. Independent of all interest that the caveator may have, we think no patent should issue on the proceedings disclosed bjy the record.
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