Lee v. Pindle
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery, The bill in this cause was filed on the 2nd December, 1837, by T. JT. Pindle and wife, praying subpoena against the executors of Stephen Lee,Elizabeth Ann Lee, the appellant, and others. The object of the bill was to procure a distribution of certain slaves, devised by Stephen Lee to his wife for life, remainder to certain of his children, possessed by the appellant at the death of his mother, and for an account of profits and increase.
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery, The bill in this cause was filed on the 2nd December, 1837, by T. JT. Pindle and wife, praying subpoena against the executors of Stephen Lee,Elizabeth Ann Lee, the appellant, and others. The object of the bill was to procure a distribution of certain slaves, devised by Stephen Lee to his wife for life, remainder to certain of his children, possessed by the appellant at the death of his mother, and for an account of profits and increase. With the bill, the will of Stephen Lee was filed, which is- as follows : I, Stephen Lee, of, &c., do make and constitute…
1Opinion of the CourtStephen, J.
In the discussion of this case, several points have been raised and argued by the counsel of the appellant, which this court now have to consider and decide. The first objection is, that the final decree of the Chancellor was premature, the case not being at that time ready for the judicial action of the court, we think there is nothing in this objection. Before the first decree was passed, and prior to the first appeal, which was dismissed by this court as illegally taken, the cause, by consent of parties, had been submitted to the Chancellor upon the auditor’s report, and when the case was…
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