Smith v. Young
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans Court of Prince George’s County. The appellants on the 8th May, 1847, filed their petition, alleging that JYotley Young, late of Prince George’s county, deceased, died sometime in or about the month of July, 1846, intestate, leaving your petitioner, Eloise, Martha Young, Benjamin F. Young, and two minor children, to wit, Clement and Julia, his only children and heirs-at-law.
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Appeal from the Orphans Court of Prince George’s County. The appellants on the 8th May, 1847, filed their petition, alleging that JYotley Young, late of Prince George’s county, deceased, died sometime in or about the month of July, 1846, intestate, leaving your petitioner, Eloise, Martha Young, Benjamin F. Young, and two minor children, to wit, Clement and Julia, his only children and heirs-at-law. That a certain paper purporting to be the last will and testament of said JYotley, was offered for probat in this court, as and for the last will and testament of said JYotley; but a caveat being…
1Opinion of the CourtMagruder, J.
It appears in this case, that the late Motley Young of Prince George^s county, died in July, 1846, intestate, and leaving no widow. Besides two infant children he left a son, Benjamin, the appellant, Eloise, who had married the other appellant, and the appellee. The appellants by their petition applied to the Orphans court of Prince George’s county, for letters of administration to be granted to the appellant Eloise, or to both the petitioners, and to the exclusion of the appellee. This claim is upon the ground that the latter “is, and has been for many years a nun in the convent at…
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