Cain v. Warford
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans Court for Baltimore city. This appeal was taken by the appellants from two orders of the court below, the first of which dismissed the petition of the appellants, asking said court to direct plenary proceedings in the application of Richard C. Warford, (the appellee,) for letters of administration pendente lite, on the personal estaté of Rachel Colvin, deceased; the second appointed, on his application, the said Warford such administrator, it being…
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Appeal from the Orphans Court for Baltimore city. This appeal was taken by the appellants from two orders of the court below, the first of which dismissed the petition of the appellants, asking said court to direct plenary proceedings in the application of Richard C. Warford, (the appellee,) for letters of administration pendente lite, on the personal estaté of Rachel Colvin, deceased; the second appointed, on his application, the said Warford such administrator, it being admitted that he was the executor and principal legatee named in the will of said Rachel, to which a caveat had been…
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.
This case comes before us on appeal from orders passed by the orphans court for Baltimore city.
*461It appears from the record, that, on the 1st, day of March 1853, tho appellee filed in the orphans court his application, asking to be granted letters of aduainistration^enefenie lite on the personal estate of Rachel Colvin, deceased, stating that she had left a will, bearing date the 6th day of April 1848, and that it had been left for probate, but that a caveat had been filed. On the 15th of March following, the appellants filed their objection to the appointment of the appellee, because, as…
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