Copes v. Pearce
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans court of Baltimore county. The appellees filed their petition in the orphans court of Baltimore county, on the 23rd of February 1846, alleging, that the appellant, as administrator of the estate of John G. Copes, deceased, had settled up said estate, and on the 17th of February 1846, had rendered to said court an account, whereby it appears that there remains in his hands, due said estate, the sum’of $2085;' arid alleges, that said Elizabeth is óné’of…
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Appeal from the Orphans court of Baltimore county. The appellees filed their petition in the orphans court of Baltimore county, on the 23rd of February 1846, alleging, that the appellant, as administrator of the estate of John G. Copes, deceased, had settled up said estate, and on the 17th of February 1846, had rendered to said court an account, whereby it appears that there remains in his hands, due said estate, the sum’of $2085;' arid alleges, that said Elizabeth is óné’of the distribútéés of said estáte, and is entitled to one-fifth’ thereof, as an heir at láw of the intestate, and prays…
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.
Pearce and wife, by their petition to the orphans court of Baltimore county, represent, that, Vincent K. Copes, the administrator of John G. Copes, deceased, had settled all debts due to, and from the estate, of which he is the administrator, and that there remained in his hands a large amount for distribution ; that in right of the wife, as half-sister of the deceased, .they are entitled to a distributive share of said estate, and pray the court to order the administrator to distribute the balance .among the parties entitled.
The administrator, (who is a full brother of the deceased,) in…
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