Daugherty v. Daugherty

The appeal in this case is taken from an order of the Orphans’ Court of Harford County refusing letters of administration on the personal estate of John Daugherty, deceased, to the appellant, who is a son of the deceased. The petition of the appellant alleges that his father, John Daugherty, died intestate about April ist, 1895, leaving three sons surviving him, the appellant and his two brothers, Thomas B. and John C. Daugherty, who are both older than the appellant. That no application for letters of administration has been made by any one and no letters ever granted. The appellant by his…