Douglas v. Blackford
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington county. Trespass, quare clausum, fregit, by the appellant against the appellee, to try the title to a tract of land, containing thirty-six and one-half acres, which was conveyed T>y deed from William Price, executor of Dr. John J. Hays, to Col.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington county. Trespass, quare clausum, fregit, by the appellant against the appellee, to try the title to a tract of land, containing thirty-six and one-half acres, which was conveyed T>y deed from William Price, executor of Dr. John J. Hays, to Col. John Blackford, dated the 20th of January 1827. The controversy in the case arises upon the construction of certain clauses in the will of said John Blackford, which are set out in the opinion of this court. The plaintiff claimed title to the land in question through conveyances from Henry V. S. Blackford,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mason, J,,
delivered the opinion of this court.
The proper construction of the will of the late Col. John Blackford, of Washington county, is the question presented on this appeal.
The real estate of the testator, forming the subject of the several devises which are now before us, consisted of a number of tracts or parcels of land, acquired at different times and from different persons, but lying all contiguous to each other. One of the tracts aforesaid was purchased from William Price, .executor of Dr. J. J. Hays, in 1827; and in 1828, another was purchased from David Moore, it being the same…
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