Owens v. Collinson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The appellant, Thomas Owens, a minor, by his prochein. ami, filed his bill of complaint against the appellee, John Collinson, on the 9th of May, 1826. The bill stated that one Edward.
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The appellant, Thomas Owens, a minor, by his prochein. ami, filed his bill of complaint against the appellee, John Collinson, on the 9th of May, 1826. The bill stated that one Edward. Collinson, of Anne Arundel county, died intestate, and without issue, sometime in the year 1823, possessed of a considerable personal estate, leaving the complainant, (a sister’s son) and several brothers and sisters, his next of kin, and personal representatives. That John Collinson, the appellee, took out letters of administration on his estate; possessed himself as such, of…
1Opinion of the CourtDorset, J.
The first question to which our attention is called in the consideration of this case is, are the securities in air administration bond, in a suit brought by a distributee against the administrator, competent witnesses to prove that the assets of the deceased have been consumed in the payment of his debts? Upon principle and analogy, this question is simple and easy; but when viewed in reference to decisions on the subject, it cannot be regarded as free from difficulty. In Carter vs. Peace, 1 T. R. 163, it was decided, that in an action against an administrator, one of his securities, for the…
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