Duffy v. Calvert
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. On the 22d February, 1847, the appellant filed his bill against Charles B. Calvert, executor of George Calvert and others, alleging that Thomas Cramphin died in the year 1830, leaving a last will and testament, and codicils thereto, by which he appointed George Calvert his executor and residuary legatee.
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. On the 22d February, 1847, the appellant filed his bill against Charles B. Calvert, executor of George Calvert and others, alleging that Thomas Cramphin died in the year 1830, leaving a last will and testament, and codicils thereto, by which he appointed George Calvert his executor and residuary legatee. That probate of said will was contested; a caveat being filed thereto by Thomas Davis and Elizabeth, his wife, who was the heir-at-law of said Cramphin, upon which such proceedings were had, as that the said will wras refused to be admitted to probate, and…
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.
The bill charges that Thomas Cramphin, of Montgomery County, deceased, devised to George Calvert and his heirs, his real estate, to be sold and applied to certain purposes, expressed in his will. That Elizabeth Davis, who claimed as heir-at-law of Cramphin, and' had successfully contested the validity of the will and its codicils, afterwards compromised the dispute by conveying to Calvert, all her interest in the estate, in trust to provide, in the first instance, for the payment of a large sum of money to herself; and then in further trust, for the purposes expressed in Cramphin’s will. The…
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