Grove v. Todd
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County, in Equity. This appeal was taken by the complainants from a decree of the Court below dismissing their bill. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of this Court.
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
There are but two questions presented by the record in this case. First, whether the defective or invalid acknowledgment of the deed of the 29th of November, 1866, by Benjamin Todd, and Ruth his wife, has heen so far aided and cured by the Act of the Legislature of 186*7, chapter 160, as to render the deed valid and effectual as against the wife to bar her right and claim to dower in the land attempted to be conveyed; and if such has been the effect of the Act of 186*7, secondly, whether the wife Ruth was induced to sign or execute the deed under such circumstances of fraud and circumvention…
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