Johnson v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County, in Equity. The appeal in this case was taken hy the defendant below from a decree for the sale of certain lands by a trustee appointed by the decree, on a bill filed by the complainant for the specific execution of the following agreement: Articles of agreement entered into this 6th day of April, 1868, between Thomas Johnson, of Frederick county, Maryland, of the one part, and Edwin M. Johnson, of said county and State, of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County, in Equity. The appeal in this case was taken hy the defendant below from a decree for the sale of certain lands by a trustee appointed by the decree, on a bill filed by the complainant for the specific execution of the following agreement: Articles of agreement entered into this 6th day of April, 1868, between Thomas Johnson, of Frederick county, Maryland, of the one part, and Edwin M. Johnson, of said county and State, of the other part: Witnesseth, that the said Thomas doth hereby promise and obligate himself to pay the said Edwin M.…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
The late William Cost Johnson, by deed of the 14th of June, 1859, conveyed all his real and personal estate in Frederick County to the defendant in this cause, Thomas Johnson ; the real estate consisting of a farm called “Harmony Grove.' ’ William Cost Johnson died in 1860 ; and for several years prior to his death, and up to April, 1868, the plaintiff, Edwin M. Johnson, occupied the farm; and after the death of his uncle, William Cost Johnson, he set up claim to the right of possession of the farm in respect of some pecuniary claims against his uncle, and also against his father, the…
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