Warford v. Van Sickle
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans Court of Baltimore city. The appeal in this case was taken from an order of the orphans court, awarding issues upon the application of the appellees.
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Appeal from the Orphans Court of Baltimore city. The appeal in this case was taken from an order of the orphans court, awarding issues upon the application of the appellees. The facts of this case are the same as those of the preceding case, except that in the record in this case the issues, six in number, awarded upon the caveat of the appellees, which was filed on the 29th of October 1853, are set out, and are in substance as follows: 1st. Was Rachel Colvin, at the time of executing the will of the 6th of April 1848, of sound and disposing mind and capable of executing a valid deed or…
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.
The facts in this case, with the exception of an additional one, are the same as those of Pegg, et al., vs. Warford, decided at this term, (ante 385,) and the principles recognized in the latter, must govern the decision of this.
It appears from the record, that after the granting of two sets of issues — -one at the instance of Pegg and others, and the other at that of Landis and others — on the application of the appel*400lees, the orphans court award a third set, relating to the paper purporting to be the will of Miss Colvin, of date 6th of April, 1848. So far as these are substantially the…
2Cited by4 opinions
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- Connelly v. BeallCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1893
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