Billingslea v. Ward
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in Equity. The facts will be found in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
The object of this suit, which was instituted by the appellee, is to obtain a specific performance of a contract alleged to have been made by him with Richard Green, in his life time, for the purchase of a parcel of land situated near Texas, in Baltimore county, containing a valuable lime quarry.
The bill of complaint also prays for a writ of injunction to restrain the appellants, the executor and devisees of Richard' Green, from prosecuting an action of ejectment, which they had instituted against the appellee for the parcel of land in question.
The alleged contract of sale is not evidenced by…
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