Sollars' Lessee v. Bowen

EJECTMENT for a tract of land called Gunworth Besurveyed, lying in. Baltimore County, containing 20S acres. . At the trial of this cause, the Jury found by their spe? cial verdict, that a patent issued from the Lord Proprietary to the lessor of the plaintiff, and that the following recitals in the patent were true, viz. “ That whereas Sabret Sollars, a of Baltimore County, by his humble petition to our agent “ for management of land affairs within this Province, did “ set forth, that he, with a certain Sarah Bowen, by their u petition did heretofore set forth, that there was escheat 6C to us a tract of land called Gunworth, originally grantee! “ a certain Walter Dickson for eighty acres, which, either “ for want of the heirs of the taker up, or by some other a ways or means become escheat to us, and they being the “ first discoverers, prayed to be admitted to. the purchase, “ and a special warrant to resuryey the same, which was £t granted them; and accordingly a warrant to them for that purpose did issue. In pursuance whereof a resur? u vey was made, and a certificate thereof returned into our “ land-office, since which the said Sarah Bowen is deads u and the petitioner having discovered some errors in the £‘ said resurvey, and desirous to escheat the whole, prayed il that a new warrant might be granted in his name to re- “ survey the same, with liberty to exclude any elder sur? “ veys, and to add any contiguous vacancy j and that, on “ return of a certificate of such resurvey, he complying £C with all requisites, our grant of confirmation might issue £C unto him thereon, be the same escheat by any ways or f. means whatsoever; which was granted him j and aq ¹⁹⁹ ei cordingly a warrant, on the 15th of January, 1745, unto 44 him for that purpose, did issue: In pursuance whereof 44 it is certified unto our land-office, that the aforesaid 41 tract or parcel of escheat land as resurveyed, by which 44 it appeal's the same now contains the