Thomas v. Wood
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
[Joseph G. Harrison, deceased, by his will, dated 2d November, 1844, devised to his wife, Matilda B. Harrison, eighty acres of land; and devised, that his executor should sell the rest of his real estate, and pay to his wife one-third of the balance of the proceeds which might remain after the payment of his debts.
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[Joseph G. Harrison, deceased, by his will, dated 2d November, 1844, devised to his wife, Matilda B. Harrison, eighty acres of land; and devised, that his executor should sell the rest of his real estate, and pay to his wife one-third of the balance of the proceeds which might remain after the payment of his debts. He also devised to his niece, Isabella Thomas, two thousand dollars, without interest, to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of his real estate; and the balance of the money arising from said sale, he gave to his nephew, Thomas L. Simmons. The testator, by his will, also…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
Wood, the executor, in his answer to the bill filed by Thomas, suggests a doubt, whether the latter is entitled, as surviving husband, to the two thousand dollars, which his deceased wife, Isabella Thomas, was to have received out of the proceeds of the real estate which was to have been sold by the executor, she having died before the sale was made; and supposed that the same may now belong to her brother and sister, she (the wife) having died without issue. And this is the first question to be considered. The brother and sister in their answers do not set up any claim to this…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Allein v. SharpCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1835
- Leadenham's, Ex'r v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1827
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