Crane v. Gough
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. This appeal is from a decree of the chancellor, (Johnson,) directing the appellants to deliver up to the appellee certain bonds in their possession, under the circumstances stated in the bill and answer. The allegations of the bill and answer, and the proof in the case, are so fully stated in the opinion of this court, as well as in 3 Md.
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. This appeal is from a decree of the chancellor, (Johnson,) directing the appellants to deliver up to the appellee certain bonds in their possession, under the circumstances stated in the bill and answer. The allegations of the bill and answer, and the proof in the case, are so fully stated in the opinion of this court, as well as in 3 Md. Ch. Decisions, 119, where the chancellor’s opinion is reported, as to render any additional statement unnecessary.
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.
The bill in this case was filed by the administrator of Mrs. *328Crane, and substantially makes the following case. It charges that Mrs. Crane, prior to her intermarriage with the testator of the defendant, was the owner and possessor of certain notes and bonds for the payment'of money; that her husband survived her, but did not during his life reduce the same into possession by collecting the money, or by the recovery of judgment or otherwise; that the notes and bonds were payable to Mrs. Crane by the name of Gough, which she bore prior to her intermarriage with Mr. Crane, and that neither the…
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