Gelston v. Thompson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City, in Equity. The bill in this case was filed on the 2nd of October, 1865, by the appellee. Henry G. Willis, being the lessee'for ninety-mine years, renewable forever, of a lot of ground at the corner of Walsh and Greenwillow streets, in the City of Baltimore, assigned the same to Richard F. Gardner.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City, in Equity. The bill in this case was filed on the 2nd of October, 1865, by the appellee. Henry G. Willis, being the lessee'for ninety-mine years, renewable forever, of a lot of ground at the corner of Walsh and Greenwillow streets, in the City of Baltimore, assigned the same to Richard F. Gardner. On the 14th of September, 1855, Willis executed a mortgage of his interest to Charles Myers, to secure the sum of $450. On the 16th of May, 1857, Gardner assigned his interest in the property to the appellee. On the 15th of February, 1858, the…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The bill in this cause was filed by an assignee of the mortgagor, against the assignees of the mortgagee, claiming the equity of redemption and an account for rents and profits. The appellants, in their answer, claim possession under a Sheriff’s sale, deny the jurisdiction of a Court of Equity to grant relief in the premises, and rely upon limitations and lapse of time, as a bar to any accountability for rents and profits. The Sheriff’s sale under which the appellants’ claim was made, by virtue of a writ of levari facias, issued out of the Court of Common Pleas for Baltimore City, on a…
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