Edelen v. State ex rel. Jackson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Prince Georges County Court. This was an action of Debt, instituted by the appellee, against the appellant, on the 10th of September, 1825, on the bond of the administrator de bonis non, of Edward Edelen of Thomas, dated May 24th, 1827, in which the appellant was a surety.
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Appeal from Prince Georges County Court. This was an action of Debt, instituted by the appellee, against the appellant, on the 10th of September, 1825, on the bond of the administrator de bonis non, of Edward Edelen of Thomas, dated May 24th, 1827, in which the appellant was a surety. To the plea of general perform manee, by the defendant, the plaintiff replied that a certain, Edward Edelen of Thomas, of Prince Georges county, deceased, departed this life, at the county aforesaid, intestate, leaving behind him his wife Mary W. Edelen, and four children, of whom Mary W. Edelen, since married…
1Opinion of the Court
Archer, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.... It was determined by this court, in the case of Hall vs. Griffith, 2 Harr, and Johns. 485, that an administrator was bound to account in the Orphans Court, for the hire and use of negroes; and his liability as administrator being thus ascertained, it follows, that hé and his sureties are liable on his bond for a-failure, in this respect, to discharge his duties. This decision does not declare, in express terms, the. responsibility of. the administrator, in this’réspect, to arise at any particular period, whether from the *281session, shall be…
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