Lutz v. Mahan
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. One of the orders appealed from revoked the letters of administration granted to George W. Lutz and John B. McGraw upon the estate of Valentine Lutz, because the Court found that the representation made at the time the letters were obtained, to the effect that George W. Lutz was the only sofi and entitied to the administration, and that-he desired to associate John B. McGraw…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. One of the orders appealed from revoked the letters of administration granted to George W. Lutz and John B. McGraw upon the estate of Valentine Lutz, because the Court found that the representation made at the time the letters were obtained, to the effect that George W. Lutz was the only sofi and entitied to the administration, and that-he desired to associate John B. McGraw with him, was not a correct statement, as John W. Lutz was equally entitled to administration and should have been notified…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
The principal question in this case is whether an order is correct which the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City passed for the revocation of certain letters of administration. There were three petitions in the cause; but before we consider their merits we will state some of the prominent facts as they appear in the transcript of the record. Valentine Lutz died intestate on the third day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-four; on the fifth day of the same month he was buried, and on the sixth letters of administration on his estate were granted to his son, George W. Lutz, and John B.…
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