Lefever v. Lefever
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appear from the Orphans Court of Washington county. The record in this case shows, that. Henry Lefever died leaving the appellant Catharine, his widow, and several minor children, one of whom was John Z. Lefever. On the 27th of January 1854, the orphans court issued a summons to the said Catharine, to appear on the 3rd of February following, and show cause “why she does not become guardian to the minor heirs of the deceased.”
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Appear from the Orphans Court of Washington county. The record in this case shows, that. Henry Lefever died leaving the appellant Catharine, his widow, and several minor children, one of whom was John Z. Lefever. On the 27th of January 1854, the orphans court issued a summons to the said Catharine, to appear on the 3rd of February following, and show cause “why she does not become guardian to the minor heirs of the deceased.” The minutes of the court show that she failed to appear at the appointed time, but that on the 7th of February she appeared “and declined to enter into bond as…
1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.
Bitter family controversies like the one before us are greatly to be deplored, especially where infants of tender years may become the victims of the animosity and vindictiveness which .characterise them; and it would be a high and enobling funcr tion of a court of justice to be able, while it settled the legal rights of the contestants, to allay those bitter feelings and restore that harmony and affection which should always mark .the intercourse of near relations. But regarding it impossible ¡to accomplish the one, we will proceed to do that which is ¡both our duty and within our power to…
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