Taylor v. Brown
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City in sending issues to the Court of Common Pleas, to be tried by a jury, ordered that Martha Ann Taylor and others should be plaintiffs, and William Brown, Senior, and others should be defendants. First and Second Exceptions sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City in sending issues to the Court of Common Pleas, to be tried by a jury, ordered that Martha Ann Taylor and others should be plaintiffs, and William Brown, Senior, and others should be defendants. First and Second Exceptions sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. Third Exception. — The defendants offered the five following prayers: 1. That the will of Sarah A. Brown, having been only offered in evidence for the purpose of showing that the witness, William J.…
1Opinion of the Court
Robinson, J.,
delivered the opinion .of the Court.
The following issues were sent by the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City to the Court of Common Pleas for trial;
1st. Whether the sum of $6588.07, which at the time of the death. of Sarah Ann Brown, was deposited in the Eutaw Savings Bank, or any part thereof belonged to her estate ?
2nd. Whether the sum of $2063.63, being the proceeds derived from the sale of certain property mortgaged by John Creagh and wife to Sarah Ann Brown, was part of her personal estate ?
At the trial of these issues, evidence was offered tending to prove that both ¡of these…
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