Plummer v. Shepherd
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, (Jones, C. J.), by which it was directed that the funds representing the real and personal estate of the testatrix be distributed among such of the children of the brothers and sisters of the testatrix as were surviving at her death by a per stirpes distribution.
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
The questions presented by these three appeals will be disposed of in one opinion. They arise upon a bill filed in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, for the partition of certain real estate of the late Misses Elizabeth and Susan Shepherd which they owned in common. The bill was filed by John and Joseph Shepherd, sons of the late Joseph Shepherd, and it is only necessary to mention that after proper proceedings Mr. E. C. Gantt was appointed trustee to sell the various tracts of land mentioned therein. The sale was made and the funds arising therefrom are in the hands of the trustee…
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- Alder v. BeallCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1840
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