M'Mechen's Lessee v. Grundy
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Aiteat. from Baltimore County Court from a judgment rendered in favour of the defendant in that court, in an action of ejectment brought to recover the possession of a lot of ground in the city of Baltimore, described by metes and bounds.
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Aiteat. from Baltimore County Court from a judgment rendered in favour of the defendant in that court, in an action of ejectment brought to recover the possession of a lot of ground in the city of Baltimore, described by metes and bounds. The general issue was pleaded. 1. At the trial the plaintiff below read in evidence a grant of Todd’s Range to James Todd, on the 1st of June 1700, and proved that the premises, mentioned in declaration, were part of that tract, and that JJqulla Brown being seized and possessed of the said premises, did, oil the 20th of February 1802, convey the same to…
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court. The court are of opinion, that the conveyance from Jlquila Brown to TVilliam M'-Mechen, the lessor of the plaintiff, is not fraudulent, the same having been made for a valúa* ble consideration, and for the purpose of substantially complying' with the engagement of Broion to.the Messrs. Pleasants, to transfer or deposit bank stock with them, to secure them, against any loss they might sustain by endorsing the three notes. As Brown could not comply with his engagement to transfer or deposit bank stock with the Messrs. Pleasants, when applied to…
2Cited by1 opinion
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