Budd v. Williams
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the equity side of the Circuit Court for Charles county. The appellant filed the hill of complaint in this case against the appellees, for the purpose of enforcing a charge upon lands descended to them, for the payment of certain legacies. An answer was filed and the case submitted on an agreement as to the facts. The material allegations of the bill and answer, and the facts of the case are set forth in the opinion óf this Court.
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Appeal from the equity side of the Circuit Court for Charles county. The appellant filed the hill of complaint in this case against the appellees, for the purpose of enforcing a charge upon lands descended to them, for the payment of certain legacies. An answer was filed and the case submitted on an agreement as to the facts. The material allegations of the bill and answer, and the facts of the case are set forth in the opinion óf this Court. Upon hearing the case, the Court below, ( Brent, J.;) dismissed the hill, and from that decree this appeal is taken.
1Opinion of the CourtGoldsborough, J.
The appellant filed his bill of complaint in the Circuit Court for Charles county, to recover a legacy of $3,000, conditionally bequeathed by the will of William Budd to him, his brother, William, and his sister, Sarah Ann Budd, to be equally divided between them.
William and Sarah survived the testator, but have since died, leaving the appellant, as he alleges, their only next cf kin.
“It is agreed by the parties litigant that their object is to ascertain whether, by the true construction of the will of William Budd, the land willed to William F., Burgess, under whom the appellees claim, is…
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