Legal Opinion

Huddleson v. Reynolds' Lessee

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 15, 1849PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Allegany county court. This was an action of ejectment instituted by the lessor of the appellee against the appellant, on the 29th of March, 184S, for a tract of land described, in the declaration and patent, as At the trial, the plaintiff, on his part, offered in evidence a patent to James Reynolds, his lessor, dated 26th of December, 1836, for the tract of land described as above, and proved that the tract named in the patent, was the land for the recovery of…

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Appeal from Allegany county court. This was an action of ejectment instituted by the lessor of the appellee against the appellant, on the 29th of March, 184S, for a tract of land described, in the declaration and patent, as At the trial, the plaintiff, on his part, offered in evidence a patent to James Reynolds, his lessor, dated 26th of December, 1836, for the tract of land described as above, and proved that the tract named in the patent, was the land for the recovery of which this suit was brought, and there rested his case. The defendant, then, for the purpose of showing iitle out of the…

1Opinion of the CourtMagruder, J.

It appears, by the record, that this action was brought to recover a tract of land situate in Allegany county, called “ Western Route.”

In proof of his title, the appellee offered in evidence a patent for that tract of land granted to himself. Thereupon, the defendant, to prove title out of (he plaintiff, offered in evidence"a judgment against the plaintiff, a fi. fa. issued upon that judgment, the sheriff’s return, with a schedule and appraisement, showing that he had, in obedience to the writ, seized and taken, together with other land, a tract of land called “ West Route,” and that the same…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Deleon Enterprises, Inc. v. ZainoCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1992
  2. Neavitt v. LightnerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1928
  3. Cadwalader v. PriceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1909

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