Gough v. Crane
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
[The bill in this case was filed on the 19th of December, 1849, by the administrator of Mary Crane, against the executors of her late husband, George Crane.
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[The bill in this case was filed on the 19th of December, 1849, by the administrator of Mary Crane, against the executors of her late husband, George Crane. It alleges that the said Mary, then Mary Gough, intermarried with the said George some four years since; that at the time of her intermarriage she held, in her own right, certain bonds for moneys dne to her by sundry persons; that after her intermarriage she died, leaving her husband, the said George, surviving her, who has since died, leaving the defendants his executors. That neither before the marriage were the said bonds assigned to…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor :
Putting aside the ante-nuptial agreement set up by the answer, it is perfectly clear that the securities which form the *127subject of the controversy, are the property of the complainant as administrator of Mary Crane.
These securities consist of certain sealed notes which were given to and held by Mary Crane, then Mary Gough, prior to her intermarriage with George Crane, the testator of the defendants ; and though by the marriage they devolved upon him jure mariti, and he might have reduced them to possession during their joint lives or after her death, he surviving her, and thus…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Phillips v. ThompsonNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
- Dugan v. GittingsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1845
- Moale v. BuchananCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1840
- Leadenham's, Ex'r v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1827
3Cited by3 opinions
- Noel v. NoelCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1937
- McGinniss v. First National BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1919
- Marden v. ScottCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1928