Legal Opinion
Miller v. Horowitz
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 29, 1937No. [No. 2, April Term, 1937.]PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtParke, J.
In the case of John W. Henry Miller, appellant, v. Adolph B. Hirschmann, to the use of Jacob Horowitz, appellees, which was decided by this court and was reported in 170 Md. 145, 18.3 A. 259, it was held that a purporting mortgage deed to Adolph B. Hirschmann of John W. Henry Miller’s general legacy of a share in an estate of personalty, contingent on legatee surviving life tenant, is not a “chattel personal” within the statute authorizing decrees for sale of such chattels in Baltimore with the mortgagor’s assent, and the purchaser, Jacob Horowitz, at sale under such a decree, acquired no…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Hulbert v. . ClarkNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Demuth v. Old Town BankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1897
- President of Bank of the Metropolis v. GuttschlickSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- Marshall v. MarshallCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1933
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