Hughes v. Drovers' & Mechanics' Nat. Bank
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of Circuit Court No. 2, of Baltimore City (Stockbridge, J.), dismissing the bill of complaint. The will of John Carnes, referred to in the opinion of the Court, having been duly proven, the executrices passed an administration account in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City by which they distributed the twenty shares of stock of the appellee to Martha Pawley, and upon the 15th day of May, 1884, the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, upon the petition of…
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Appeal from a decree of Circuit Court No. 2, of Baltimore City (Stockbridge, J.), dismissing the bill of complaint. The will of John Carnes, referred to in the opinion of the Court, having been duly proven, the executrices passed an administration account in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City by which they distributed the twenty shares of stock of the appellee to Martha Pawley, and upon the 15th day of May, 1884, the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, upon the petition of the executrices, ordered and decreed “ that said executrices have transferred to the legatees under the will, viz. :…
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
The object of this proceeding is to require the appellee corporation to deliver up to the appellant, trustee, fhe certificate of twenty shares of its stock, or a new certificate for that number of shares, or the equivalent of them in money.
There are but few facts in the case, and these are undisputed. John Carnes of Baltimore City, deceased, by the. second clause of his will devised and bequeathed to his “married daughter, Margaret Pawley, house No. 128 N. Eden street; I also give her twenty shares of the Nat. Drovers’ and Mechanics’ Bank, par value one hundred dollars each ; I also give her…
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