McLane v. Cropper
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by executors from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a special term for Orphans’ Court business, directing an accounting and partial distribution of an estate.
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Hearing on an appeal by executors from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a special term for Orphans’ Court business, directing an accounting and partial distribution of an estate. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows : This is an appeal taken by the executors from an order of the Supreme Court of the District, holding a special term for Orphans’ Court business, made in the matter of the administration of the estate of Allan McLane, deceased. Allan McLane died in the city of Washington, December 16, 1891, leaving a widow, Abby McLane, and one…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The errors assigned may be considered together as presenting the two general propositions: 1. That the special *292term for the Orphans’ Court had no jurisdiction whatever to make the order for partial distribution. 2. That the income of the estate must be regarded as an accumulation, so far as Mrs. Cropper’s right is concerned, from the time of the death of the testator until thé payment of all debts and the final distribution.
1. It is contended that the statute of Maryland, 1798, Chap. 101, which governs proceedings for the administration of estates in the Orphans’ Court of this District,…
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- Goddard v. OrdwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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