Chapman v. Hoskins
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
[This case came before the Chancellor as judge of the land office, upon a caveat to a certificate for “Hoskins’ Island,” filed by Pearson Chapman, the caveator, on the 23rd of August, 1851. This certificate recites, “that by virtue of a special warrant granted at the land office the 23rd day of May, 1850, to James O. C. Hoskins, of the city of Alexandria, in Virginia, for five acres of vacant land lying in the county of Charles, being an island, or bar, in the Potomac river,…
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[This case came before the Chancellor as judge of the land office, upon a caveat to a certificate for “Hoskins’ Island,” filed by Pearson Chapman, the caveator, on the 23rd of August, 1851. This certificate recites, “that by virtue of a special warrant granted at the land office the 23rd day of May, 1850, to James O. C. Hoskins, of the city of Alexandria, in Virginia, for five acres of vacant land lying in the county of Charles, being an island, or bar, in the Potomac river, commencing below “Craney Island” and running up to, and adjoining said island, &c. I hereby certify that I have…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
This case, which comes before the court upon a caveat to the certificate of “Hoskin’s Island” filed by Pearson Chapman, having been argued orally, and in writing, with learning and ability by the counsel of the respective parties, has been very carefully considered by the court-, and I proceed now, briefly, to state the grounds upon which my opinion is formed.
Since the decision of the Court of Appeals of this state in the case of Browne vs. Kennedy, 5 Har. & Johns., 195, it appears to me quite impossible to deny that it is competent to the state to grant land covered by…
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