Miller v. Board of Commissioners of Public Schools
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans court of Baltimore county. The appeal in this case was taken by the appellants, from an order of said orphans court of the 5th of April, 1849, directing the administrator of Henry Miller, deceased, a bastard, to pay over to the Board of Commissioners of Public Schools of the City of Baltimore, the balance due the estate of said deceased, under the act of 1845, ch. 120. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.
Henry Miller, who was an illegitimate child, died unmarried and without issue, in the year 1844, leaving his mother, two sisters and a brother, who claimed to be the representatives and distributees of his estate. The sisters and the brother are the legitimate children of the mother by her deceased husband, who was not, however, the father of said Henry Miller.
Letters of administration upon his estate were granted to David Stewart, executor, one of the appellants, from the orphans court of Baltimore county, and the balance in hand was by him submitted for distribution under the order of said…
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