McComas v. Amos
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. The Act of 1798, ch. 101, superseding all previous laws on the subject, and in many particulars departing from their provisions, established in Maryland a complete and independent testamentary system.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. The Act of 1798, ch. 101, superseding all previous laws on the subject, and in many particulars departing from their provisions, established in Maryland a complete and independent testamentary system. That important part, included in sub-ch. XX, which laid down rules for the distribution of personal estate in cases of intestacy, has been found so precise and distinct, and so easy to be applied to the circumstances of every case, as to give rise to remarkably few occasions for judicial construction. Framed as a practical guide for laymen, it…
1Opinion of the Court
*Alvey, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The deceased, the distribution of whose estate is the subject *129of controversy in this case, died in the City of Baltimore, in the year 1866,, intestate, without wife, and leaving no child or descendant, father or mother, brother or sister surviving him ; but leaving several nephews and nieces, the children of deceased brothers and sisters, and also several grand-neph'ews and grand-nieces, whose parents had died in the lifetime of the intestate.
After administration had, and the personal estate of the deceased was ready for distribution among those…
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