McPherson v. Snowden
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Tbis is a proceeding by bill in equity, filed by tbe appellees against tbe appellants, on the 27th of November 1857, for tbe sale of tbe real estate of Margaret Dorsey, deceased, (formerly Margaret Hudson,) lying in tbe city of Baltimore.
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Tbis is a proceeding by bill in equity, filed by tbe appellees against tbe appellants, on the 27th of November 1857, for tbe sale of tbe real estate of Margaret Dorsey, deceased, (formerly Margaret Hudson,) lying in tbe city of Baltimore. Tbe appeal is from a pro forma order of said Court, sustaining tbe complainants’ exceptions to account B, and ratifying account 0, reported by the auditor of said Court, distributing the net proceeds of tbe real estate sold under a decree passed in said proceedings. Tbe case is so fully stated in tbe opinion of tbis Court, as to render any further statement…
1Opinion of the Court
G-oldsborou&h, J.,
delivered the opinion of this Court:
The bill of complaint in this case, was filed in the Superior Court of Baltimore city, in 1851, by the appellees, to obtain a decree for the sale of certain real estate 'lying in the city of Baltimore, formerly belonging to Mrs. Mar*225garet Hudson, who subsequently intermarried with John E. Dorsey.
The bill alleges that the property in question is of great value, not susceptible of division, and that if would be for the interest and advantage of all parties interested to sell it, and divide the proceeds between the parties entitled, according…
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