Dorsey v. Dorsey
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Howard County. Petition by Mary O. Dorsey for appointment of petitioner as co-administrator with George H. Dorsey of the estate of Howard C. Dorsey, deceased. From an order granting the petition, said George H. Dorsey appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, C. J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Orphans’ Court- of Howard County, granting letters of administration to Mary C. Dorsey, upon tlie estate of Howard C. Dorsey, to act in conjunction with George H. Dorsey, to whom letters of administration upon said estate had been granted.
The appellee filed a petition alleging that she is the widow of Howard O. Dorsey, who died intestate on the third of July, 1921, leaving srrrviving him the petitioner, his widow, and five children — three daughters and two sons; that she is one of those entitled to he appointed administrator, in the discretion of the…
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