Ellicott v. Ellicott
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the court of Chancery. The bill in this case was filed on the 21st of September, 1827, by the appellee against the appellants and others, heirs at law of Elias Ellicott, deceased, for the sale of his real estate for the payment of his debts; for which purpose a decree was passed on the 12th of October, 1827, appointing the appellants trustees, to make thejÉ^^ The sale was accordingly made and reported by thl^^Khe Chancellor on the 23d of April, 1828, amounting…
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Appeal from the court of Chancery. The bill in this case was filed on the 21st of September, 1827, by the appellee against the appellants and others, heirs at law of Elias Ellicott, deceased, for the sale of his real estate for the payment of his debts; for which purpose a decree was passed on the 12th of October, 1827, appointing the appellants trustees, to make thejÉ^^ The sale was accordingly made and reported by thl^^Khe Chancellor on the 23d of April, 1828, amounting ^¶^^450, and the same was duly ratified and confirmed on the 11th of July, 1828. On the 28th November, 1831, the auditor…
1Opinion of the CourtDorsey, J.
Three reasons have been assigned on the part of the appellee, why the decretal orders appealed from should not be reversed. First, because none of the parties interested have any cause to complain of them. Secondly, that if such cause of complaint does exist, as regards those distributees of Elias Ellicott, who are not nominatim parties to this appeal, their equities cannot be relied on as grounds of reversal by the appellant trustees. And thirdly, that if the appellants are injured in their rights as distributees, they have in the discharge of their duty as trustees, been guilty of such…
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