Jackson v. Jackson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County. The appellee filed a petition in the Orphans’ Court of Dorchester County, alleging that she was the only child of Richard Watson Jackson, late of said county, deceased, and .asking for the grant of letters of administration on his personal estate.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County. The appellee filed a petition in the Orphans’ Court of Dorchester County, alleging that she was the only child of Richard Watson Jackson, late of said county, deceased, and .asking for the grant of letters of administration on his personal estate. The appellants answered, denying that the petitioner was the lawful child of the said Jackson, who> they alleged, was never married, and died without lawful issue, and asked that administration be granted to one of his brothers or sisters, as next of kin. Upon the petition of the appellee the…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
An issue was sent from the Orphans’ Court of Dorchester County, to the Circuit Court, in these words : “ Is Sallie Jackson, the petitioner in this cause, the only lawful child *186of Richard Watson Jackson, intestate, deceased, whose estate is sought to be administered upon.” And it was ordered by the Orphans’ Court, that upon the trial of the issue, Sallie Jackson should be plaintiff, and the decedent’s brothers and his sisters and their husbands should be defendants. At the trial before the jury the plaintiff introduced a good deal of testimony tending to prove the marriage of her parents and…
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