Ringgold v. Ringgold
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Cross appeals from the Court of Chancery. In order that this case may he fully comprehended, we give the statements made of it by the Chancellor, and by the appellants’ counsel, on the appeal by S. and T Ringgold. The appellants’ counsel stated that the original bill in this case was filed on the 29th of January 1811, by Mary Ringgold, wife of Thomas Ring-gold, and the children of said Thomas and Mary, by James Oittings the elder, their next friend.
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Cross appeals from the Court of Chancery. In order that this case may he fully comprehended, we give the statements made of it by the Chancellor, and by the appellants’ counsel, on the appeal by S. and T Ringgold. The appellants’ counsel stated that the original bill in this case was filed on the 29th of January 1811, by Mary Ringgold, wife of Thomas Ring-gold, and the children of said Thomas and Mary, by James Oittings the elder, their next friend. It charges, 1st. That Thomas Ringgold, being seized of a considerable real and personal property in Virginia and Maryland, and being largely…
1Opinion of the CourtArcher, J.
This cause Is one of great magnitude and interest; of magnitude, in relation to the amount involved in its determination, and of interest, not only on account of the principles connected with its decision, but of the peculiar relations in which the parties concerned stand to each other. On the one side, the complainants are the widow and children of one, whose infirmities and dissipated habits were, early in life, involving in rum and entanglement; a large patrimonial estate, and who gave sure indications that. In a short time, he would reduce to poverty his wife and family. On the other…
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