Lyles v. Hatton
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from equity side Prince George’s county court. The bill in the present case was filed by the appellant against the-appellees, on the 8th of September, 1825. It charged, that the appellant became the executor of his father, William Lyles, in the year 1815, and passed his final account with the Orphans court of Prince George’s county, in the year 1823, by which there appeared to be due to Emily, the wife of the appellee, as one of the distributees of his testator, the…
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Appeal from equity side Prince George’s county court. The bill in the present case was filed by the appellant against the-appellees, on the 8th of September, 1825. It charged, that the appellant became the executor of his father, William Lyles, in the year 1815, and passed his final account with the Orphans court of Prince George’s county, in the year 1823, by which there appeared to be due to Emily, the wife of the appellee, as one of the distributees of his testator, the sum of $3022 23; which sum however was subject to many deductions, on account of property purchased by the appellees, at…
1Opinion of the CourtDorsey, J.
We think the county court was right in overruling the exceptions filed to the report of their auditor. The negligence of the appellant, (which is wholly unaccounted for,) in leaving the estate unsettled from the year 1815 to 1825, and then in sulfering the case to remain before the auditor for several years before any statement was reported to the court, render him justly chargeable with interest. The order of the Orphans court, under the circumstances in which it was made, ought not, like an injunction against payment, to be regarded as a sufficient ground for the suspension of interest. But…
2Cited by1 opinion
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