Conway v. Green's Adm'r
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
Bira. filed for an account of an intestate’s personal estate, to be distributed among his legal representatives. The questions in this case were two. 1st. Whether one of the representatives of a person deceased could support a bill in equity against the administrator for his share of the intestate’s estate? And 2d.
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Bira. filed for an account of an intestate’s personal estate, to be distributed among his legal representatives. The questions in this case were two. 1st. Whether one of the representatives of a person deceased could support a bill in equity against the administrator for his share of the intestate’s estate? And 2d. Whether a purchase made fey the administrator at his own sale, under an order of the orphans court was not void? 1. For the defendant it was contended, on the first question, that an administrator stands in the same relative situation to the representatives of his intestate, that…
1Opinion of the Court
Hanson, Chancellor.
The first question is, Whether or not there are sufficient parties?
The chancellor conceives that there are. Margaret Conway, and the other complainants, could not compel the rest of the representatives to join them as complainants. Why should they make defendants of them, when from them they are to seek no relief? In fact, the chancellor considers a representative, entitled to a distributive share, on a footing with a legatee. No *152reason appears to him wherefore a cause may not be decided between one such representative and the administrator, as well as between one legatee…
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