Abington v. Lowry

1 Md. 8 (1662) · Court of Appeals of Maryland

Court of Appeals of MarylandDisposition: Affirmed✓ Good law

HoldingThis brief colonial-era proceeding involved a dispute between John Abington and William Lowry over the location of a housing and cleared ground.

At the next Court the sheriff returned the panel and verdict of the Jury, viz. “ We ©f the Jury are mutually ⁹ “ agreed, that the housing and cleared ground now in dis- “ pute betwixt John Abington and William Lowry, doth “ fall within the bounds of the said John Abington’s pa- “ tent; and this is our verdict, to which we are all a agreecL” The judgment of the Board was, that the said Abington, plaintiff, possess his land according to the Jury’s verdict, and to have costs of suit allowed him from the defendant.