Young v. Twigg
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Equity side of the Circuit Court for Allegany County. The hill in this case was filed on the 1th of October, 1861, by William Twigg, against the Commissioners of Allegany county, John Young, Thomas M. Daniels and Christopher Kelly, and prayed for a decree to compel the Commissioners of Allegany county, to convey to the complainant an undivided half in certain lands purchased from them by Christopher Kelly and James Twigg, the father of the complainant, or to…
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Appeal from the Equity side of the Circuit Court for Allegany County. The hill in this case was filed on the 1th of October, 1861, by William Twigg, against the Commissioners of Allegany county, John Young, Thomas M. Daniels and Christopher Kelly, and prayed for a decree to compel the Commissioners of Allegany county, to convey to the complainant an undivided half in certain lands purchased from them by Christopher Kelly and James Twigg, the father of the complainant, or to convey to him in severalty that part of the property purchased as aforesaid, and held by the said James Twigg in his…
1Opinion of the CourtWeisbl, J.
The questions in this case have been so fully and satis*642factorily disposed of in the opinion filed by the learned gentleman who decided it below as Special Judge, that we are saved the labor of travelling over the ground covered by the opinion. "We concur with him, for the reasons and upon the authorities adduced, in his construction of the will of James Twigg, in the want of power in his executor to sell the lands specifically devised to the appellee William Twigg ; the want of jurisdiction in the Orphans’ Court of Allegany County to -direct or ratify the sale, by the executor, of said lands,…
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