Maryland Reports; Cases Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Maryland Volume 128 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...in connection with certain acts of the Knabes alleged to be breaches of trust or acts of wrongdoing on their part. But their liability for these sums has never been determined, or the amount of damages sustained fixed, and they never have agreed to pay them. At the date of the assignment to Mr. Schlens the Knabes were largely indebted to him, and he is entitled to be allowed out of the net funds in the hands of the receivers, collected from the said assets the balance advanced by the Knabes and not repaid to them, or on their account, and also one-third of the surplus, in accordance with the terms of the resolution of April 29, 1910. The case will be remanded for the statement of an account in which all the set-offs, except the item of $1,981.16 with interest, will be disallowed. Decree reversed and cause remanded, fhe appellee in N0. 6.6 to pay the costs above and below. ALEXANDER-G. MALON E vs. GEORGE V. Z. LONG AND FRANCIS LONG. Title to land: trespass. Deeds of conveyance. Evidence: adverse possession; proof inadm1-ssible..acts of mere trespass. In an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, where the patent for the lot in question is located on the plat, and the lines of the lot are run according to the lines and courses therein contained, deeds purporting to convey the whole of said lot known by the name used in the patent, are admissible in evidence without themselves being located on the plat. p. 379 Where the beginning point of a patent was unmarked, but the point was described by reference to the lines of another patent whose point of beginning was marked and located, whence the lines of the first patent reversed could be located, then such first patent is admissible in evidence. p. 379 To establish an adverse possession to an...