Redgrave v. Redgrave
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore city. The appellant, on the 17th of December, 1872, filed her petition in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, alleging that she was married to Dr. Thomas J. Redgrave, on the 10th of August, 1856; that he departed this life on or about the 19th of June, 1871, leaving the petitioner, his widow, and one son, De Witt Clinton Redgrave, aged about fifteen years, surviving him; and that letters of administration on the estate of her…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore city. The appellant, on the 17th of December, 1872, filed her petition in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, alleging that she was married to Dr. Thomas J. Redgrave, on the 10th of August, 1856; that he departed this life on or about the 19th of June, 1871, leaving the petitioner, his widow, and one son, De Witt Clinton Redgrave, aged about fifteen years, surviving him; and that letters of administration on the estate of her deceased husband had been granted to his father, the appellee, on the 21st of June, 1871, without notice to her of the…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
This case presents the question of the right of the appellant, claiming to be the widow of the late Doctor Thomas J. Redgrave, to administer on the estate of the deceased, her alleged husband.
The appellee, the father of the deceased, to whom letters of administration had been granted by the Orphans’ Court, before the application of the appellant was presented, in his answer to such application, neither admitted nor denied that there was a formal marriage between his son and the appellant, as alleged by her, but he affirmed and offered ready to prove, that at the time of the alleged marriage…
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