Dashiell v. Attorney General
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree pro forma of Baltimore county court, sitting as a court of equity, on an information filed in the name of the Attorney General, at and by the relation of The Trustees of Hillsborough School in Caroline county, on behalf of themselves, and the poor children in Caroline county who attend the chanty school of which they are trustees, against the appellants, to enforce the execution of a trust in the will of James Come (a). The will is dated the 12th of…
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Appeal from a decree pro forma of Baltimore county court, sitting as a court of equity, on an information filed in the name of the Attorney General, at and by the relation of The Trustees of Hillsborough School in Caroline county, on behalf of themselves, and the poor children in Caroline county who attend the chanty school of which they are trustees, against the appellants, to enforce the execution of a trust in the will of James Come (a). The will is dated the 12th of March 1805, and the clause under which the relators claim is as follows: “All the necessary expenses attending my daughter,…
1Opinion of the Court
At this term, the opinion of the court was delivered by
Earle, J.
After much reflection on this case, we think it not essentially different from the cáse of George Dashiell and others, against the Attorney General, at the relation of the Vestry of St. Peter's Church in the city of Baltimore, arid others, adjudicated in this court at the last june term(a) and that it must be decided on the same principles.
The testator, by I1Í3 will, directs the trustees and guardians of his child; to pay over annually a certain portion of the income of his estate to the trustees of Hillsborough school, to' be by…
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- Wilderman v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1855
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