Legal Opinion

Gill v. Griffith

High Court of Chancery of Maryland

Decided March 15, 1848PublishedCited by 14 opinions

[The bill was filed in this case by R. W. Gill, as trustee of Mrs. Duncan and others, and by Mrs. Duncan and other cestui que trusts.

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[The bill was filed in this case by R. W. Gill, as trustee of Mrs. Duncan and others, and by Mrs. Duncan and other cestui que trusts. After showing that W. Schley, as a duly appointed and qualified trustee for Mrs. Duncan and the other cestui que trusts therein named, was, as such trustee, decreed to bring into the Court of Chancery the sum of money therein named, and his failure to do it, the bill then avers his removal from the trust, the appointment of Gill, the complainant, as trustee in his stead, and the issuing of writs oí fieri facias on said decree to, the sheriffs of Baltimore,…

1Opinion of the Court

The Chancellor:

This case has been argued before me by counsel, and now comes up for decision.

It appears by the proceedings, that on the 20th of December, 1844, the defendant, Schley, was, by the order of this court, ap*277pointed trustee to receive and invest certain sums of money, then under the control of the court, belonging to Arm McKim Handy and Eliza McKim Duncan ; and that having qualified by giving the bond required by the Chancellor’s order, he did receive, at various periods, commencing on the 3d of January, 1845, and terminating on the 25th of November of the same year, the sum of…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Blennerhassett v. ShermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Detroit Trust Co. v. Detroit City Service Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Plaza Corp. v. Alban Tractor Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
  4. Clark v. B. B. Richards Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
  5. Baltimore Transit Employees' Credit Union v. ThorneCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1957

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