Legal Opinion
Porter v. Schaffer
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 29, 1999No. 773, Sept. Term, 1998PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLANDER, Judge.
This appeal arises from a dispute between Alan Porter, appellant, and Genevieve Yonkers Schaffer, appellee, regarding ownership of three unimproved tracts of woodland, located on the northwestern side of Polish Mountain in Allegany County. Together, the three parcels of land contain approximately two hundred acres. All of the property is situated within a larger, 886 jé acre tract called “Sideros,” surveyed by Richard Catón 1 in 1843.
The historical pedigree of the tracts has been contested for decades, and the briefs are not altogether helpful in eludicat-ing the factual…
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