Craufurd v. Blackburn
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appear from (be Circuit court for Charles comity. This was a case of issues sent by the orphans court of Prince George’s county to the circuit court for that county, and thence removed to the circuit court for Charles county, for trial. The allegations of the petition and answer on which the issues were framed, and the facts of the case, are fully stated in the opinion of this court.
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Appear from (be Circuit court for Charles comity. This was a case of issues sent by the orphans court of Prince George’s county to the circuit court for that county, and thence removed to the circuit court for Charles county, for trial. The allegations of the petition and answer on which the issues were framed, and the facts of the case, are fully stated in the opinion of this court. At the. trial, which took place in May I860, two exceptions were taken, by the appellant, to the rulings of the court below, (Grain, J.) lsi Exception. This exception is sufficiently stated in the opinion of this…
1Opinion of the Court
Bartol, .T.,
delivered the opinion of this court.
Doctor David Craufurd, late of Prince George’s county, died about the 5th day of December 1859, intestate aud unmarried, leaving neither widow nor child, nor any descendants, father, mother, brother or sister. The appellant applied to the orphans court, for letters of administration on his estate, claiming to be the legitimate son of Thomas B. Craufurd, deceased, who was a brother of Dr. David Craufurd. This application was resisted by the appellee, upon the ground, that Thomas B. Craufurd never was lawfully married to the mother of the…
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