Stevenson v. Schriver
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans court of Baltimore county. On the 15th of April, 1837, Elizabeth L. Stevenson, widow of Josias Stevenson, Jr. late of Baltimore city, deceased, filed her petition, alleging that she is a creditor of the estate of her said husband, to the amount of §9,763 04, with interest thereon from the 25th day of May, 1825, and that she became the creditor by reason of the conversion by her husband, of moneys belonging to her (in her sole and exclusive right, and…
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Appeal from the Orphans court of Baltimore county. On the 15th of April, 1837, Elizabeth L. Stevenson, widow of Josias Stevenson, Jr. late of Baltimore city, deceased, filed her petition, alleging that she is a creditor of the estate of her said husband, to the amount of §9,763 04, with interest thereon from the 25th day of May, 1825, and that she became the creditor by reason of the conversion by her husband, of moneys belonging to her (in her sole and exclusive right, and under the management of trustees for her separate use) io his own proper use, her said husband receiving the said…
1Opinion of the CourtDorsey, Judge
The first in point of order of the questions which have been discussed in this case, is, have the appellants a right to appeal from the order in question, passed by the Orphans court ?
By the first section of the act of 1818, ch. 204, a party deeming himself aggrieved by the decree, order, or decision of the Orphans court, may appeal to the court of Appeals. The term party, in this section of the act of assembly, is not used in a technical sense, necessarily importing a litigant before the court, in the proceedings in which the decree or order passed, at the time of or antecedently to its…
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