Cecil v. Cecil
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Aureal from tbe Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City : Tbis is an appeal from a judgment of tbe Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, in favor of the appellees in tbe matter of a petition filed in said Court by tbe appellant. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Aureal from tbe Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City : Tbis is an appeal from a judgment of tbe Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, in favor of the appellees in tbe matter of a petition filed in said Court by tbe appellant. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The cause was argued before Bartol, Goldsborough and Cochran, J. That the money and negroes delivered to Mrs, Harrington and Mrs. Hooper, as stated in the pleadings,, and proved by the witnesses, are advancements; that the delivery of money, personal effects or other property by a father to his child or presumptive heir, is per se…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldsbgeough, J.
The appeal in this case was taken from a judgment of the Orphans’ Court for Baltimore City, upon the petition of the appellants, in which he alleges that the appellees had received from his and their father William Cecil, deceased, the money and other property mentioned in the petition.
The appellant insists, that the same was received by the *156respective parties by way of advancement, and that they should be compelled to bring this money and property into hotch-pot before their distributive share in the personal estate of their father was assigned to them. The answer of the appellees, Owen…
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