Temple v. Bradley
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County, sitting in equity (Pearce, C. J., Hopper and Adkiks, JJ.). The suit was prosecuted below by a judgment creditor of one of several devisees and legatees, sought to have the will of tho testatrix so construed, and the proceeds of the estate of the testatrix so applied as to enable him to collect a debt due him from the devisee and legatee.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County, sitting in equity (Pearce, C. J., Hopper and Adkiks, JJ.). The suit was prosecuted below by a judgment creditor of one of several devisees and legatees, sought to have the will of tho testatrix so construed, and the proceeds of the estate of the testatrix so applied as to enable him to collect a debt due him from the devisee and legatee. The decision of the Court being in favor of the creditor, on questions of evidence and account, this appeal was taken.
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County, in equity, dated the 14th day of May, 1912, ratifying in part and rejecting in part, an audit distributing the proceeds of sale, of certain real estate of Sarah J. Bradley, late of Queen Anne’s County, deceased.
The principal questions in the case arise upon exceptions to that part of the audit distributing the sum of six thousand, eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents, the surplus proceeds of the sale of the real estate to the devisees, their representatives and creditors.
The exceptions are…
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