Thomas v. Visitors of Frederick county school
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the equity side of Frederick county court. The present bill was filed hy the appellees against the appellant, on the 12th of September, 1828, seeking to recove! from her, as the administratrix of one JVewton Bradlee, certain moneys and stocks, which it was alleged, were held and owned by the deceased at the time of his death. The pleadings and proofs, are fully stated by the learned judge who delivered the opinion of this court.
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Appeal from the equity side of Frederick county court. The present bill was filed hy the appellees against the appellant, on the 12th of September, 1828, seeking to recove! from her, as the administratrix of one JVewton Bradlee, certain moneys and stocks, which it was alleged, were held and owned by the deceased at the time of his death. The pleadings and proofs, are fully stated by the learned judge who delivered the opinion of this court. At February Term, 1834, of Frederick county court,. (John Buchanan, Ch. J. and Thomas Buchanan, A. J.) decided the question of right in favor of the…
1Opinion of the CourtStephen, Judge
Whether the appellees in this case, are entitled to the fund in controversy, depends upon the construction of several acts of assembly of this State, designating the manner in which the property of an intestate shall be disposed of, who dies without leaving heirs, or legal representatives, within certain specified degrees of consanguinity or affinity. The case has-been argued with much ability, and the right of recovery denied in limine, by the counsel for the respondents, upon ground, that the school is not of the character contemplated by the several acts of assembly, making provision upon…
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