Michael v. Morfy
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the equity side of the Circuit Court for Frederick county. The bill of complaint in this case was filed by the appellees against the appellant, its object being the recovery from the appellant of the sum of $4,250, with interest from the 4th of February, 1854, under and by virtue of the following agreement between the appellant and Catharine Baker, his late wife, prior tp their intermarriage : “First, the said Catherine Baker being possessed in her own right of…
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Appeal from the equity side of the Circuit Court for Frederick county. The bill of complaint in this case was filed by the appellees against the appellant, its object being the recovery from the appellant of the sum of $4,250, with interest from the 4th of February, 1854, under and by virtue of the following agreement between the appellant and Catharine Baker, his late wife, prior tp their intermarriage : “First, the said Catherine Baker being possessed in her own right of money, choses in action, book accounts and other personal property to the amount of four thousand, two hundred and fifty…
1Opinion of the Court
Bowie, C. J.,
delivered the ©pinion of this Court.
The contract, the true construction and legal effect of which is the subject of the present appeal, was before this 'Court in the ease of Morey, Ex’tx of Michael, vs. Michael, 18 Md. Rep., 228, brought up by appeal of the appellee, ‘Caroline, as executrix of Catharine Michael, from a decree •dismissing the hill on demurrer.
That suit was presented by her as executrix, and the demurrer overruled by this Court, upon the ground that •although the will executed by Mrs. Michael, was not a good execution of the power, as to the principal sum…
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