Hepburn's Case
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
John M. Hepburn presented a petition to the General Assembly by which he claimed from the state a large sum of money as administrator de bonis non of John Hepburn, deceased, who was a creditor of William, and Robert Mollison, whose property had been confiscated, leaving the claim of the petitioner, as he alleges, unsatisfied.
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John M. Hepburn presented a petition to the General Assembly by which he claimed from the state a large sum of money as administrator de bonis non of John Hepburn, deceased, who was a creditor of William, and Robert Mollison, whose property had been confiscated, leaving the claim of the petitioner, as he alleges, unsatisfied. Upon which the following resolution was passed: Resolved, That the Chancellor of Maryland be, and he hereby is authorized and directed to examine into the merits of the claim of John Hepburn, as creditor of William and Robert Mollison, against the State of Maryland, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Bland, Chancellor.
This case standing ready for hearing, and the solicitors of the petitioner and the Attorney-General having committed their several arguments to writing, they with the proceedings were read and considered.
In England, as in this instance, jurisdiction is frequently given to the Chancellor by private or special acts of parliament; and in all such cases he adheres strictly to the special authority so given. (b) Here too, the Chancellor has always held himself bound to follow the authority exactly as given to the full extent of the constitutional competency of the General…
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