Hall v. Griffith
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Aureal from a decree of the Orphans’Court of Harford county. Griffith, (the appellee,) together with his wife Cordelia, since deceased, representatives of John B. Hall, deceased, by their libel, exhibited on the 18th of September 1805, alleged to the orphans court that Jlquila Hall, (now appellant,) the administrator B. B. N. of John B. ■ Hall, had made sales of Sundry slaves, and other articles* belonging to the estate of the deceased, and had never accounted for the amount…
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Aureal from a decree of the Orphans’Court of Harford county. Griffith, (the appellee,) together with his wife Cordelia, since deceased, representatives of John B. Hall, deceased, by their libel, exhibited on the 18th of September 1805, alleged to the orphans court that Jlquila Hall, (now appellant,) the administrator B. B. N. of John B. ■ Hall, had made sales of Sundry slaves, and other articles* belonging to the estate of the deceased, and had never accounted for the amount of the sales, but only for the amount of the appraisement. That the sales greatly exceeded the amount of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, Ch. 3.
delivered the opinion of the court: The court are of opinion, that the appellant, as administrator de bonis non of John B. Ball, ought to have sold at public sale, pursuant to the order of the orphans court made on the 9th of August 1791, as much of the personal estate of the deceased as would have been sufficient to discharge and satisfy all the debts of the deceased, and all legal costs • and charges attending the administration, and ought to have delivered over the residue of the persona! estate, specifically to the representative of the deceased, the libellant in this suit;…
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