State ex rel. Sprigg v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court for Baltimore city. Debt brought on the 28th of August 1852, by the appellant, on the testamentary bond of Mary Jane Jones, as executrix of Andrew D. Jones.
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Appeal from the Superior Court for Baltimore city. Debt brought on the 28th of August 1852, by the appellant, on the testamentary bond of Mary Jane Jones, as executrix of Andrew D. Jones. The declaration sets out as a breach, that Andrew D. Jones was one of the sureties in the guardian’s bond of Samuel Jones, Jr., who received a large sum of money belonging to his ward which he failed to pay over to the plaintiff, Sprigg, (who was subsequently appointed guardian in the place of said Samuel Jones, Jr.,) as directed by the orphans court; that on the 10th of April 1852, after the death of Andrew…
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, sustaining the demurrer of the appellee to the replication of the appellant to the plea of the appellee, under the following circumstances:
This proceeding commenced under the act of 1720, chapter 24, entitled, “An act to restrain the rigor of prosecutions on *92administration or testamentary bonds.” As the act is short., we incorporate it, that our opinion may the more distinctly appear. Its preamble and enactment are, as follows:
“Whereas it is represented by some of the justices of the provincial court, that a most…
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