Hopkins v. Threlkeld

3 Md. 443
General Court of Virginia·Decided May 15, 1796·Published

Opinion

The Court

gave judgment, on the case stated, for the plaintiff; and cited, “ It is a maxim that he who has no freehold in the land cannot, by any means, discontinue the estate therein.” Bac. Abr. Discontinuance, 90. 95. Garth. 110.

The defendant appealed to the court of appeals, and in that court the case was, by consent, dismissed at Nov cm; her term, 1796.

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