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Purdum v. Lilly

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided February 2, 1944No. [No. 9, January Term, 1944.]PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBailey, J.

On August 2, 1943, Lillian W. Purdum, next friend of Sophia Lilly, an alleged lunatic, filed a petition in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in equity, naming the appellees herein as defendants and praying, as a part of the relief sought, that a writ of de lunático inquirendo be issued to the sheriff of Baltimore County to inquire into the lunacy of the said Sophia Lilly.

The petition alleged “that the said Sophia Lilly is now and has been for some time past of unsound mind and non compos mentis, without lucid intervals; that she is now incompetent and has been incompetent for some time…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Hamilton v. TraberCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1893
  2. Hazlehurst v. MorrisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
  3. Thompson v. M'KimCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1824
  4. United Railways & Electric Co. v. ClomanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1908
  5. Waverly Mutual & Permanent Land, Loan & Building Ass'n v. BuckCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1885

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Pearlman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
  2. Matter of Easton, IncompetentCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1957
  3. Barnes v. LednumCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1951
  4. Wynn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2005
  5. Montgomery County Council v. KaslowCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964

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