Comegys v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The case was tried below upon an agreed statement of facts, •and judgment was entered for defendant’s costs of suit. The plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtIrving, J.
This was an action of ejectment brought by the appellant against the appellee, and the only question involved •depends upon the construction and effect of a clause in the will of Rachel Busick made in December, 1833, •and which became operative,.by the death of the testator and prohate of the will, in the same month and year of its execution. By the second clause thereof she devises as follows: “I give and bequeath unto Elijah Comegys, the oldest son of Samuel Comegys, my farm where Zachariah Rolph now lives, together with fifteen acres of woodland to be laid off on the north of the public…
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