The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-05-01
Roney VS.. Stackhouse.

Another warmly contested legal fight i'll
the long course of litigation between w. X.
Stackhouse and James Itoney began i'll the
court-h house, last Wednesday. This time it
was 4 proceeding under the law in reference
to landlord and tenant, which provides that
when a tenant refuses TO vacate, after hay
ing received proper notice the landlord may
obtain 4 warrant from two justices of the
Peace commanding the Sheriff to summon
a jury, before whom and the Justices the
case shall be tried.
In this case, Sheriff Logan summoned
twelve good men and true from the country
around Huntington, Colora and the Brick
Meeting House, the law directing that jurors
in cases of this kind shall be selected from
persons residing more than five miles from
the premises. The Justices were George il.
Howard and S. T. Foard EsqS, of Elkton.
Albert Constable and Clinton Mccullough
Esqs, were counsel for Eoney. and L\lexan-
der Evans and William S. Evans ESqs, rep
resented Stackhouse. So close and intimate
not to say strangely intricate and curious
have been the relations between the parties
to these proceedings that il is believed to he
| impossible for any one, except themselves,
| to understand their true inwarlnesS. Mr..
| Mccullough, counsel for Honey, opened The
| case by stating that they expected TO prove
! that Roney purchased the farm in question
ut Trustees sale and subsequently leased il
| to StackhOuse, and had given him notice 10
| vacate on the tWeuty-tifth of March last
| which if be true they must sign al inquisi-
| ton to that effect, whereupon the Justices
woul,, issue their warrant to the Sheriff; Ill
| recting him to put the landlord in possession
| The opposin. counsel declined to make Il
| statement, and Mr.. l.oney was exami@ed at
| great length. During his rGss-examinatiom
the counsel for Stackhouse ATTEMPTED to
| to show that the purchase of the farm in
| question, which belonged to Stackhonse for
many years. was Initiated by fraud
About three o'clock something was said
| about adjourning, when the question was
raised that in cases of this kind, the proceed
ings must be continuous and that the JUS
| tees had ho authority to adjourn Mr.
| Constable, who raised this point, supported
| it by several freceQ epts, and for time it
seemed rs if the proceedings laigLi have to
he continued during the night, and for
many day and nights to come. However,
after protracting the struggle till six o'clock
by mutual agreement an adjournment till
nine o'clock on Thursday morning WAS eff
frcted.
The court, if that is the right name of it,
met on Thursday, pursuant to adjournment,
and was oacnpied in listening to evidence in
rhe case till about g: o'Slqck. at which time
Mr.. Constable, of counsel for hoiey, soul-
menced to make his opening argument. He
was followed by the counsel for Stackhouse.
who consumed the time till late in the even
ing when Mr. Constable made the closing
argument and shortly after i o'clock the
case was given to the jury. which in n short
time rendered IA verdict that w. X. Stack
house was not the tencrt of James Erncy,
which. egqea the case. In many respects,
! especially in some OF tie I.,.:g. Il ti49 JUS
tees, this WI he most extraordinary trial
that has taken place in this town for 4 long
time