Roche v. Waters
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Baltimore City. This appeal was taken from a decree of the Court below (Dennis, J.,) dismissing the bill of tbe complainants. The case is stated in the opinion of this Court.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Baltimore City. This appeal was taken from a decree of the Court below (Dennis, J.,) dismissing the bill of tbe complainants. The case is stated in the opinion of this Court. The Act of 1868, ch. 249, provides that “whenever, upon the petition of any infant or infants, by their guardian or next friend, a decree has been passed * * * for the sale of the lands, tenements, or real estate of said infant or infants, or of his, her or their interest in the same, and a sale thereof has been * * made in pursuance of said decree, which said sale has been * * *…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
The appellants filed a bill in equity, in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City for the sale of certain real estate lying in said City. The land in question was devised by the will of one Solomon Betts, and the appellants set up a title to a portion of it by virtue of certain proceedings in the Superior Court of Baltimore, on the equity side of the Court. The appellees are devisees under the said will. The Circuit Court dismissed the bill of complaint.
As the appellants’ title is founded on these proceedings, it is necessary to examine them with particularity. Solomon Betts, who died in the year…
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