Gardner v. Simmes
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans Court of Charles County. On the 26lh October 1841, Joseph E. Simmes, a. d. b. n. of Thomas C. Reeves, filed his petition in the said court, claiming of the executors of the late Elizabeth Reeves, the property contained in list No. 1, and the money in list No. 2, and prayed the court so to order and adjudge in his favor.
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Appeal from the Orphans Court of Charles County. On the 26lh October 1841, Joseph E. Simmes, a. d. b. n. of Thomas C. Reeves, filed his petition in the said court, claiming of the executors of the late Elizabeth Reeves, the property contained in list No. 1, and the money in list No. 2, and prayed the court so to order and adjudge in his favor. List J\o. 1. Property, the executors of E. R. have not paid over, for which the appellee holds them responsible, viz: Negro man Gusty, carpenter. Also various articles, as fodder, grain, horses, cattle, agricultural implements, tobacco, and household…
1Opinion of the CourtChambers, J.
The will of T. C. Reeves, by the clause which gave the residuum of his personal estate to his wife, passed to her an absolute interest in one moiety thereof, and an estate for her life in the other moiety. There is no allegation on the one side, nor admission on the other, that any of the debts or legacies were unpaid by Mrs. Reeves, the widow and executrix of T. C Reeves, in 1840, when she died. Letters testamen*428tary had been granted to her in 1825, and after a period of lime little less than fifteen years, the orphans court, or this court, in reviewing its proceedings should assume the…
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