Emmert v. Stouffer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County, in Equity. On the 30th of January, 1885, the following petition, which was sworn to, was filed in the Orphans’ Court of Washington County: The petition of John H. Stouffer and Daniel B. Stouffer respectfully shows unto your Honorable Court, that Mrs. Eliza Stouffer departed this life on the 15th day of January, 1885, and that your petitioners are her sons, and the only two children of the said deceased and her nearest of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County, in Equity. On the 30th of January, 1885, the following petition, which was sworn to, was filed in the Orphans’ Court of Washington County: The petition of John H. Stouffer and Daniel B. Stouffer respectfully shows unto your Honorable Court, that Mrs. Eliza Stouffer departed this life on the 15th day of January, 1885, and that your petitioners are her sons, and the only two children of the said deceased and her nearest of kin, and are entitled under the Testamentary Laws of the State of Maryland to letters of administration. They further…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
The appellees made a contract with the appellant to ■sell him a certain house and lot in Hagerstown. They claimed title to it as heirs-at-law of their deceased mother. It appeared that Mrs. Eliza Stouffer, the decedent, had in her life-time executed a certain paper-writing in the form and with the solemnities of a will capable of passing the title to real and personal estate ; and in it the appellees were named as executors. They were directed to sell all of her estate and invest the proceeds; the interest on one-half thereof was to be paid to the appellee John, during his life, and at his…
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