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STERLING v. STERLING

[No. 36, October Term, 1956.]

211 Md. 493 (1957)

128 A.2d 277

STERLING v. STERLING

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 7, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on brief by Lewis C. Merryman and Ashman, Link & Merryman for the appellant.

Lionel Bennett for the appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and COLLINS, HENDERSON, HAMMOND and PRESCOTT, JJ.

BRUNE, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a controversy between Wellington G. Sterling (also known as Guy Sterling) and Jacob K. Sterling (also known as Jake Sterling) regarding the title to an island situated in and surrounded by the waters of Ape's Hole Creek in Somerset County, Maryland. The appellant, Guy Sterling, claims title through a patent issued by the State of Maryland on April 29, 1955, and the appellee...

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