Hill's Lessee v. Hill
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Prince George’s County Court. This was an action of Ejectment commenced by the appellant against the appellees, on the 17th day of April, 1880, for an entire interest in several tracts of land lying in Prince George’s county. There was a pro forma judgment by the county court, upon a case stated, for the defendants, and the plaintiff appealed to the Court of Appeals.
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Appeal from Prince George’s County Court. This was an action of Ejectment commenced by the appellant against the appellees, on the 17th day of April, 1880, for an entire interest in several tracts of land lying in Prince George’s county. There was a pro forma judgment by the county court, upon a case stated, for the defendants, and the plaintiff appealed to the Court of Appeals. The opinion pronounced by the judge of this court contained the following statement of the facts of the case: The plaintiff claims title to the land in question, under a devise in the will of Henry Hill, dated the…
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit is not for an undivided interest, as one of the heirs at law of Henry Oswald Hill, but for the entirety, under the limitation to Henry Vincent Hill, the lessor of the plaintiff, (in the language of the will,) in case of the death of Henry Oswald Hill, the first taker; and the question submitted is, what estate did Henry Oswald Hill take, and on what contingency was the limitation over to Henry Vincent Hill made to depend ? Did Henry Oswald Hill take an estate in fee simple absolute; an estate for life, or such an estate as would…
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