Shultz v. Houck
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Carroll County. The will of Chloe M. Houck, was admitted to probate by the Orphans’ Court of Carroll County, and letters testamentary on her estate were granted to Jacob J. Houck, on the 3rd of September, 1866; on the same day an order was passed, directing the executor to sell, pursuant to a direction contained in the will, the real estate of the testatrix, situate in said county, and the same was sold on the 20th of October following to…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Carroll County. The will of Chloe M. Houck, was admitted to probate by the Orphans’ Court of Carroll County, and letters testamentary on her estate were granted to Jacob J. Houck, on the 3rd of September, 1866; on the same day an order was passed, directing the executor to sell, pursuant to a direction contained in the will, the real estate of the testatrix, situate in said county, and the same was sold on the 20th of October following to the appellant, the husband of Ann Shultz, one of the beneficiaries under the will, for $400, and the sale was reported for…
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
There is no question involved in this case as to the validity of the will of the testatrix, or the right of administration on her estate ; but whether the Orphans’ Court of Carroll’ County was the proper tribunal to receive probate of the will and to grant letters testamentary, accordingly, on her estate — unlike Edwards v. Bruce, 8 Md. 387, and Stockdale v. Conoway, 14 Md. 99, referred to by counsel, where litigation grew out of opposing claims, to the right of administration, the proceeding here is rather in the nature of a suggestion, by the petitioner, that the Orphans’ Court had acted…
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- Stocksdale v. ConawayCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1859
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