Baker v. Bowie
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Prince George’s County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The cause was argued before Miller, Robinson, Irvins, Bryan, McSherry, and Briscoe, J. It is now well settled that all property, including money remaining specifically after the-death of the original executor or administrator, is unadministered property, and the appointment of an administrator de bonis non is indispensably necessary to give title to the distributees,…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Prince George’s County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The cause was argued before Miller, Robinson, Irvins, Bryan, McSherry, and Briscoe, J. It is now well settled that all property, including money remaining specifically after the-death of the original executor or administrator, is unadministered property, and the appointment of an administrator de bonis non is indispensably necessary to give title to the distributees, even though all the debts are paid, and if the first administrator transfers the property to the distributees, their…
1Opinion of the CourtIrving, J.
The appellee filed a petition in the Orphans’ Court of Prince George’s County, alleging the death of Wm. B. Bowie on the 20th of November, 1888, and that he left a last will and testament by which he appointed a certain Ann H. Bowie his executrix, and that the said Ann H. Bowie had since died, leaving a will, by which she appointed John A. Baker, the appellant, her executor; that on the lltli of June, 1890, the Orphans’ Court had appointed the petitioner administrator de bonis non of Wm. B. Bowie. The prayer of the petition is that “John A. Baker, executor of Ann H. Bowie, be compelled to…
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