Gwynn v. Dorsey
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans Court of Anne Arundel County. A petition was filed by the appellant in this case, on the 10th of January, 1832, which stated that the petitioner, as assignee of one Benjamin II. Mullikin, had a large claim against the intestate of the appellee, upon a judgment rendered against him in his life-time, which had been duly proved, passed, and exhibited to the appellee, by whom a part had been paid.
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Appeal from the Orphans Court of Anne Arundel County. A petition was filed by the appellant in this case, on the 10th of January, 1832, which stated that the petitioner, as assignee of one Benjamin II. Mullikin, had a large claim against the intestate of the appellee, upon a judgment rendered against him in his life-time, which had been duly proved, passed, and exhibited to the appellee, by whom a part had been paid. That the appellee, under the order of the court, on the 22d of February, 1827, sold the personal estate of the intestate at public sale, which produced the sum of $4288 53. That…
1Opinion of the CourtEarle, J.
This case presents three questions for consideration. They were decided by the Orphans Court of Anne Arundel county, and are brought before us, on the appeal of William, Gwynn, in a dispute concerning the settlement of the administration accounts of his debtor, George Howard of Brice, on whose estate Roderick Dorsey administered. The Orphans Court made certain allowances to the administrator, which William Gwynn thought objectionable, and refused to make him account for interest, with which it was contended he was chargeable.
In making the allowance to the administrator of $ 17 28, for so much…
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