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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

MAY TERM, 1727.
    Bryan vs. Smallwood.
    Covenant upon a deed of bargain and sale, to recover the value of land sold, called St. Bridget, in Charles county, the title thereto not being good, &c. The special verdict stated, that the defendant before the sale of the land called St. Bridget to the plaintiff, caused the first line thereof to be run reverse, and the same consisting of 500 perches ran into the land claimed by William Hoskins, for which the said Hoskins had a verdict and judgment in an action of trespass and ejectment, brought by him against the plaintiff, viz. for 67 acres. That the distance between the first and second bound trees of the said land called St. Bridget is but 360 perches, instead of 500 perches mentioned in the grant thereof. That the breadth of the land is 92 perches, instead of 80 perches, and the bounds thereof contain no more than 207 acres instead of 250 acres. The defendant conveyed the land according to the expressions in the grant, and co= venanted that he was seised, &c.
    
      E. Jenings, for Plaintiff,
    
      TJulany and W. Bordley, for Defendant.
    Judgment on the special verdict for the Defendant*
    On appeal to the Court of Appeals, the judgment was .reversed at July term, 1728.