Legal Opinion

McLaughlin v. Barnum

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 8, 1869PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Cross Appeals from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. By the decree of this Court pronounced on the first appeal, 21st December, 1866 (vide 26 Md., 119), and the opinion accompanying that decree, it was definitively adjudged, that the first clause in the will of David Barnum, the testator, was void and inoperative; that the third, eighth, ninth and tenth clauses, and the last paragraph of the fourth clause, and the entire codicil, shared the same fate, and that the…

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Cross Appeals from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. By the decree of this Court pronounced on the first appeal, 21st December, 1866 (vide 26 Md., 119), and the opinion accompanying that decree, it was definitively adjudged, that the first clause in the will of David Barnum, the testator, was void and inoperative; that the third, eighth, ninth and tenth clauses, and the last paragraph of the fourth clause, and the entire codicil, shared the same fate, and that the complainants were, therefore, entitled to relief, the extent of that relief however being left to be settled upon further…

1Opinion of the Court · MillerMiller, J.

Counsel for the several parties to these appeals, whilst differing upon other points, agree that a decree for a sale must be passed, and the two principal questions necessary now to be decided are:

1st. What is to be sold, and what provisions in this respect shall the decree contain ?

2d. Upon what basis or general principles shall the accounts be stated.

First. To that part of the decree appealed from which designates the property to be sold, objection is taken on one side, because what is called Mrs. Barnum’s lot is excluded, and on the other because certain rooms or apartments in the basement…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Green v. BiddleSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
  2. Barnum v. BarnumCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1866
  3. Bright v. BoydU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1843
  4. Smith v. TownshendCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1867
  5. Tongue's lessee v. NutwellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1861

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Barnum v. BarnumCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1875
  2. Loveday v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
  3. Hogan v. McMahonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1911
  4. Union Hall Ass'n v. MorrisonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
  5. Gianakos, Ex'r v. MagirosCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965

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