Cooke v. Cooke
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. In this case a petition was filed by the appellant on the 10th of February, 1866, in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. In this case a petition was filed by the appellant on the 10th of February, 1866, in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. After alleging the death of Daniel Cooke in September, 1857, and his execution of a last will prior to his decease, by which she anil her mother were made legatees of all his estate after payment of his debts, and the appointment of the appellee, his brother, as executor, she charged that he had become possessed *of personal property in a coach factory on Calvert street, Baltimore, to the amount of some $5,000, and book…
1Opinion of the Court
Grasón, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
In a proceeding in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, between the parties to this cause, four issues were framed and sent to the Superior Court of Baltimore City for trial; the first and second of which involved the inquiry, whether assets of Daniel Cooke had come into the possession of the defendant, the appellee in this cause, and if so, to what amount? and the third and'fourth,'whether the instrument of writing, marked *550J. C., and filed with the appellant’s petition in the Orphans’ Court, was intended, by the parties thereto, to operate as a…
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