Wheatley v. Fleischmann

On March 6, 1947, the appellant, James B. Wheatley, was granted letters testamentary in the estate of Carroll Stepp, deceased. On March 6, 1956, nine years later, the letters were revoked and the appellant-executor removed for cause by the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore County. From this decision of the Orphans’ Court, the executor appealed, under the provisions of Article 5, section 69 of the Code (1951), to the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, and, after extensive testimony had been taken on the trial de novo as provided by the statute, the Circuit Court affirmed the action of the Orphans’…