Robey v. Hannon
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeals from the Orphans Court of Charles County. On the 18th September, 1838, the appellees, as executors of the last will and testament of Walter W. Hannon, offered to the Orphans court of Charles County for probate, the will of their testator, dated the 16th May, 1838, whereby, after payment of debts and funeral charges, &c., the testator devises as follows: “ Item—I give and bequeath to my daughter, Grace Finn Robey, wife of William Gerard Robey, my dwelling plantation,…
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Appeals from the Orphans Court of Charles County. On the 18th September, 1838, the appellees, as executors of the last will and testament of Walter W. Hannon, offered to the Orphans court of Charles County for probate, the will of their testator, dated the 16th May, 1838, whereby, after payment of debts and funeral charges, &c., the testator devises as follows: “ Item—I give and bequeath to my daughter, Grace Finn Robey, wife of William Gerard Robey, my dwelling plantation, whereon I now live, called 1 Moore’s Rest,’ containing two hundred acres more or less—also all that part or parcel of…
1Opinion of the Court
This court reversed the order, and passed the following decree:—
This cause coming on to be heard, having been argued in writing and fully considered by the court, it is thereupon, this 13th February, in the year 1846, by the Court of Appeals aforesaid, and by and with the authority of the same, ordered, adjudged and decreed, that the decree of Charles County Orphans court of the 29th August, in the year 1845, be and the same is hereby reversed, with costs to the said appellants, both in the Orphans court and in this court; and this court, proceeding to decree as the Orphans court aforesaid…
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