Stewart v. Pattison
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeals from the orphans court of Dorchester county. The several appeals in this case were taken from an order of said orphans court, distributing the personal estate of James Pattison, late of said county, deceased, who died in the month of September, 1844, leaving a last will and testament executed on the 9th of November, 1836, upon the construction of which, most of the questions involved in the case arose.
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Appeals from the orphans court of Dorchester county. The several appeals in this case were taken from an order of said orphans court, distributing the personal estate of James Pattison, late of said county, deceased, who died in the month of September, 1844, leaving a last will and testament executed on the 9th of November, 1836, upon the construction of which, most of the questions involved in the case arose. The testator, after directing his debts to he paid, devised and bequeathed as follows: “Item 2nd. I give unto my son, Jeremiah L. Pattison, all the lands 1 hold, lying and being in the…
1Opinion of the CourtMagruder, J.
In the distribution, by the orphans court of Dorchester county, of the personal estate of the late James Pattison, various questions arose, and the decision of them by the court, gave rise to these several appeals. Of them it is now designed to dispose.
There is proof in the case, that the deceased, sometime before his death, furnished his son-in-law (Stewart,) with $2,000. Was this a loan? Or, was it an advancement? Or, was it money given without a view to a portion or settlement? If the latter, the act of 1798, ch. 101, sub. ch. 11, sec. 6, says it shall not be deemed advancement.
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