Legal Opinion

Hagthorp v. Hook's Adm'rs D. B. N.

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 15, 1829PublishedCited by 15 opinions

This was an appeal from Chancery. The hill was filed by James Neale, administrator de bonis non of Anthony Hook, and claimed payment for certain personal, and an account of the rents and profits’ of certain leasehold property, which the said Anthony in his life time had conveyed in trust to John Hook, deceased, and which was aj¿cgcd to be in the possession of the representatives of John Hook, viz.

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This was an appeal from Chancery. The hill was filed by James Neale, administrator de bonis non of Anthony Hook, and claimed payment for certain personal, and an account of the rents and profits’ of certain leasehold property, which the said Anthony in his life time had conveyed in trust to John Hook, deceased, and which was aj¿cgcd to be in the possession of the representatives of John Hook, viz. Edward Hagthorp and wife, and other defendants, purchasers from the said John or his representatives. The complainant claimed the property for the. purpose of distributing it according to law, and…

1Opinion of the CourtDorsey, J.

A motion being made to dismiss the appeal to this court, on the ground, that the Chancellor decided nothing in controversy between the parties which can properly form the basis of an appeal; to present a view of the question, but few of the facts .contained in the record need be stated.. The appellee sought to recover certain leasehold and personal property, with the rents and profits arising therefrom. The right to such recovery being resisted by the defendants, and much testimony in relation thereto, being taken under commissions issued for that purpose; after the case had been argued, the…

2Cited by15 opinions

  1. Dillon v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
  2. Alleghany Corp. v. Aldebaran Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1938
  3. Kennedy v. Foley, ReceiverCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
  4. Phillips v. PearsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1867
  5. Stewart v. Firemen's InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1880

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