Ex parte Ringgold
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
This was an appeal from the Orphans’ Court for the county of Alexandria. The following is the whole of the record which came up from that Court: — “ Orphans’ Court, Alexandria, June Term, 1825. “ Ordered that the marshal of the District of Columbia do take into his possession the whole estate of Robert Young, deceased, and make sale of so much thereof by public auction as the payment of debts shall make necessary; or as shall be perishable ; or be directed by his last will…
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This was an appeal from the Orphans’ Court for the county of Alexandria. The following is the whole of the record which came up from that Court: — “ Orphans’ Court, Alexandria, June Term, 1825. “ Ordered that the marshal of the District of Columbia do take into his possession the whole estate of Robert Young, deceased, and make sale of so much thereof by public auction as the payment of debts shall make necessary; or as shall be perishable ; or be directed by his last will and testament, if any there be, to be sold; and he is further ordered to sue, if necessary, for the recovery of debts due…
1Opinion of the CourtCRanch, C. J.
■ This order is supposed to have been made under the Act of Virginia, December 13,1792, § 61, p. 167, which provides that if all the executors shall refuse, &c., or, in case of an intestate estate, if no person will apply for administration, “ it shall be lawful for the general court, or other court having jurisdiction of such probat or administration, after the expiration of three months from the death of the testator or intestate, to order the sheriff or other officer of the county or corporation to take the estate into his possession and make sale of so much thereof, at public auction, as…
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