In re the Estate of Young
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
[The real estate of Motley Young, deceased, who died intestate, was sold under the proceedings in this case, in aid of his personalty, for the purpose of paying his debts, and distribution amongst his heirs-at-law. Several questions arose in the progress of the cause, upon which the Chancellor delivered opinions.
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[The real estate of Motley Young, deceased, who died intestate, was sold under the proceedings in this case, in aid of his personalty, for the purpose of paying his debts, and distribution amongst his heirs-at-law. Several questions arose in the progress of the cause, upon which the Chancellor delivered opinions. The first question was upon two petitions of Clement Young and Julia F. Young, infant defendants and heirs-at-law of the deceased, by William A. Brady, their guardian ad litem and next friend, filed on the 14th of February, and 25th of March, 1851. One of these petitions alleges that…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
This ease was submitted during the sittings of the term, upon the petitions of Clement Young and Julia F. Young, infant defendants, by their guardian, William A. Brady, and now, at the close of the sittings, is laid before the Court in conformity with the rule.
The petitions, which were filed on the 14th of February and the 25th of March, 1851, allege that Notley Young, the intestate, and the father of the petitioners, in his lifetime convoyed gratuitously, as an advancement to his daughters, Martha Young and Heloise Smith, certain parcels of his real and personal estate, which…
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