Dorsey v. Dorsey
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans Court of Baltimore city. These two appeals were, by agreement, taken up and argued together. The record, in the first case, shows, that the appellant, Richard B. Dorsey, as executor of William H. Dorsey, filed his petition in the orphans court, alleging that he had in band, as executor, $3503.49, applicable by Jaw to the costs of administration debts and legacies, subject to an agreement between the counsel of Arabella Dorsey, and of the petitioner,…
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Appeal from the Orphans Court of Baltimore city. These two appeals were, by agreement, taken up and argued together. The record, in the first case, shows, that the appellant, Richard B. Dorsey, as executor of William H. Dorsey, filed his petition in the orphans court, alleging that he had in band, as executor, $3503.49, applicable by Jaw to the costs of administration debts and legacies, subject to an agreement between the counsel of Arabella Dorsey, and of the petitioner, filed in the case of Dorsey vs. Dorsey, decided by the Court of Appeals in 9 Md. Rep., 31, in which Arabella Dorsey was…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
Upon the appeal by the executor:
By the order of the orphans court of Baltimore city, passed on the 6th day of October 1855, in a cause wherein Arabella Dorsey, (the appellee in this case,) was petitioner, and Richard B. Dorsey, executor of William H. Dorsey, (the appellant,) was respondent, it was ordered and adjudged, that the said executor pay over to the said Arabella the sum of $>3503.49, which he then had in hand; and, also, that he thereafter, “from time to time, pay to said Arabella, as her absolute property, the balances which he may hereafter have in hand belonging to the estate of…
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