Legal Opinion

Dilley v. Love

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided March 26, 1884PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeals from the Circuit Court for Allegany County, in Equity. The case is stated in the opinion of the Conrt.

1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.

By our laws of inheritance, it is enacted that if any child or children, or their issue .shall have received from the intestate any real estate by way of advancement, they may elect to come into partition with the other parceners, on bringing such advancement, or its value, into hotchpot with the estate descended, and shall not be entitled to claim a share by descent without so bringing in the advancement, if there be another child or children unprovided for. Code, Art. 47, sec. 31. And by our Statute of Distributions it is declared that if any child or descendant has been advanced by the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Barber v. Taylor's HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1839
  2. Woolery v. WooleryIndiana Supreme Court · 1868
  3. Johnson v. HealdCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1870
  4. Stewart v. PattisonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1849
  5. Graves v. SpeddenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1877

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Ruch v. BieryIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Smith v. HumphreysCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1906
  3. Robertson v. MowellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1887
  4. Baker v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1901
  5. Collins v. Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1920

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