Crisfield v. Storr
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception: The plaintiffs offered the two following prayers: 1. That if the jury believe from the evidence that Arthur Crisfield, Henry Page, Francés Dyer and Elizabeth O. Jewett in the declaration mentioned, are the heirs of Henry Page, deceased, mentioned therein, and that Isaac W. Jewett is the husband of the said Elizabeth O. Jewett, and that the said Henry Page,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception: The plaintiffs offered the two following prayers: 1. That if the jury believe from the evidence that Arthur Crisfield, Henry Page, Francés Dyer and Elizabeth O. Jewett in the declaration mentioned, are the heirs of Henry Page, deceased, mentioned therein, and that Isaac W. Jewett is the husband of the said Elizabeth O. Jewett, and that the said Henry Page, deceased, in his lifetime executed and delivered the deed to Leah S. Howard offered in evidence to the jury, and that the said…
1Opinion of the CourtGrason, J.
In 1834, Thomas "Watson conveyed one undivided half part of his farm in Dorchester county, known as the “ Too tell Land,” to his mother, Mary Watson, in fee, and afterwards died intestate, leaving his sister, Sally Bradshaw, wife of Joseph Bradshaw, his only heir-at-law, to whom the other half of said farm descended. In 1837, Mary Watson died, having first executed a will in due form to pass real estate, by which she devised to Sally Bradshaw, for life, all that part of the farm which had been conveyed to her by Thomas Watson, with a limitation over as follows: “ But if the said Sally…
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