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Waring v. Edmonds

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 15, 1857PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s county. This was a case of issues sent from the orphans court to the circuit court for Prince George’s county. These issues were framed under the act of 1831, ch. 315, sec. 12, upon petition filed by the appellant and answered by the appellee.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s county. This was a case of issues sent from the orphans court to the circuit court for Prince George’s county. These issues were framed under the act of 1831, ch. 315, sec. 12, upon petition filed by the appellant and answered by the appellee. They raise the question of concealment, and also whether the property referred to (consisting of a bond or sealed note for $>1000, executed by Washington J. Beall, in favor of the appellant’s intestate, and three negro slaves, Louisa, aged about ten years, Maria, aged about four or five years, and…

1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.

This is a case of issues sent from the orphans court to the circuit court for Prince George’s county. The record shows that the appellant filed his petition in the orphans court, alleging that lie was the brother of his intestate, who died possessed of certain negroes, and a sealed note for $1000, executed in her favor by one Washington J. Beall, and that the appellee hath concealed, and doth conceal,” three negroes, viz., *430Louisa, Maria, grid Emeline, and the sealed note for $1000. . The appellee answered, by admitting that the intestate was, just before her death, seized and possessed of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hebb v. HebbCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1847

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Pierce v. Boston Five Cents Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
  2. Seabright v. SeabrightWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Watkins v. RivesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
  4. Carey v. DennisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1859
  5. Carradine v. Estate of CarradineMississippi Supreme Court · 1880

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