Scott v. Fox
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans Court of Howard County. This appeal is from an order of the court below refusing to grant letters of administration de bonis non upon the estate of George Fox, deceased, upon the application of the appellant. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
The appellant, E. Scott, asks for a reversal of an order passed by the orphans court of Howard county.
In August 1858, Scott appeared in court and suggested that Nancy Fox, the administratrix of George Fox, late of said county, had died leaving' property belonging to .the estate of the said George Fox, not distributed among his representatives; and thereupon the court directed that the next of kin of the said George Fox, should be summoned to show cause, if any, why letters of administration de bonis non, should not be granted upon his estate.
On the 16th of November following, Washington Fox,…
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