Scanlon v. Walshe
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a pro forma order of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, overruling the exceptions of the appellants to an Auditor’s Account distributing the sum of $25,781 to John Joseph Walshe, Augustina Cecilia Walshe and Maria Concezione deGiorgio, who claim as the children and heirs at law of David J. Walshe, deceased.
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Appeal from a pro forma order of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, overruling the exceptions of the appellants to an Auditor’s Account distributing the sum of $25,781 to John Joseph Walshe, Augustina Cecilia Walshe and Maria Concezione deGiorgio, who claim as the children and heirs at law of David J. Walshe, deceased. The question on this appeal was whether the said distributees were the children of Walshe, On November 6, 1875, Carlotta Walshe, then Carlotta Simmonds, filed a bill in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, for the purpose of obtaining a divorce a vinculo from her husband,…
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
It is fortunate that Courts of Justice are seldom called upon to consider a case in which the facts are so shocking to every sense of decency and morality as those presented by the record now before us. We shall not attempt, in this opinion, to discuss with any particularity the testimony which, we think, justifies this remark, for the view which has been forced upon us, after careful consideration, renders such an uninviting task altogether unnecessary.
On the 26th March, 1891, David J. Walshe, of Baltimore City, died, leaving a will disposing of his personal property and one-third of his…
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