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Hammond v. Ridgely's Lessee

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 15, 1821PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from a iudsnnent rendered in Anne-Jlrunid ° ° county court in an action of eiectment brought to recover ^ J ' o id . . two tracts of laud, one called Dorsey’s Search, (the original survey,) and Dorsey’s Search, (the resurvey lying in Jinne-Jlmndd county.

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Appeal from a iudsnnent rendered in Anne-Jlrunid ° ° county court in an action of eiectment brought to recover ^ J ' o id . . two tracts of laud, one called Dorsey’s Search, (the original survey,) and Dorsey’s Search, (the resurvey lying in Jinne-Jlmndd county. The defendant in .court below, (now appellant,) took defence for a tract of land called Dryer’s Inheritance, as located upon the plot® made in the cause. 1. At the trial, the plaintiff, (now appellee,) read in evidence a certificate and grant of the tract of land called Dorsey’s Search, surveyed by the surveyor of Anne-Arundel county,…

1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.

This suit was instituted in the. county court of Anne-Arundei, for two tracts of land, called Dorsey's Search, one a resurvey on the other; and comes before us on six separate bills of exceptions, the four last of which, have been properly abandoned by the counsel for the appellant, the opinion of-the court below contained in each of them, being clearly right.

A former ejectment had been brought in the late general court, bn the demise of Daniel Dorsey, for the same lands, against Rezin Hammond, under whom the appellant claims, which was marked on the docket to be for .the use of ILchard…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. McAleer v. HorseyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1872
  2. Gill v. StaylorCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1901
  3. Chevy Chase Land Co. of Montgomery County v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1997
  4. Attorney Grievance Commission v. MandelCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
  5. Webb v. NowakCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2013

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