Gittings v. Moale
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of the Land Office. On the 26th of October 1854, the appellee obtained a special warrant to resurvey a tract of land called “Upton Court,” contiguous to which, he represented that, he had discovered some vacant land which he was desirous to add thereto.
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Appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of the Land Office. On the 26th of October 1854, the appellee obtained a special warrant to resurvey a tract of land called “Upton Court,” contiguous to which, he represented that, he had discovered some vacant land which he was desirous to add thereto. On the 24th of October 1855, Mr. Chiffele, then the city surveyor for Baltimore, returned his certificate of survey under this warrant to the Laud Office, stating therein that he had added two acres and thirty perches more or less, which he had called “Moale’s Security,” and that there was no vacant…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
This is an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of the Land Office, overruling a caveat of the appellants, and ordering that a patent for the land in controversy be issued to the appellee. 'Before considering the case upon its merits, it is necessary to dispose of a preliminary question raised by the motion to dismiss the appeal. The Act of 1853, ch. 415, gives the right of appeal in such cases, to “any parties aggrieved by the judgment” of the Commissioner. In this case it is alleged the appellants are not aggrieved by the judgment, because “they have no interest in the controversy,”…
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