Matthews v. Fuller

Bruñe, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Lawrence Matthews, the appellant, as the devisee under the will of Amelia Roy, of certain land in Charles County, Maryland, brought a suit in ejectment in 1953 against Clara Josephine Fuller, the appellee, who had purchased the land in question from the heirs of Amelia Roy in 1944 in ignorance of the existence of any will of the decedent. Judgment was entered for the defendant and the plaintiff appealed.

The facts are not in dispute, and briefly are these:

Amelia Roy, a resident of Charles County, died on April 25, 1944, being seized and possessed…