Orem v. Wrightson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court for Talbot County. This appeal was taken by a creditor from an order of the Orphans’ Court for Talbot County, passed in the matter of the estate of Arthur W. Leeke, deceased.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court for Talbot County. This appeal was taken by a creditor from an order of the Orphans’ Court for Talbot County, passed in the matter of the estate of Arthur W. Leeke, deceased. And thereupon the respective counsel for the appellant and appellees filed the following agreed statement of facts: It is agreed in this case, that Arthur W. Leeke, was, on the 6th of April, in the year 1870, duly appointed by the Commissioners of Talbot County, Collector of State Taxes for said county for that year, and that, as such collector, he did, on the 7th of May following, execute…
1Opinion of the CourtBrent, J.
The appellees were sureties upon the bond of Arthur W. Leeke, Collector of State Taxes for Talbot County. Leeke proceeded to collect a large amount of said taxes, but died before paying into the treasury of the State the whole amount so collected by him. For this balance, due at the time of his death, suit was afterwards brought, upon the bond, by the State against the appellees, and judgment obtained. Having paid their respective portions of the judgment, they now seek to recover the sums of money so paid from the personal estate of Leeke, the principal debtor, in the hands of his…
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