Kiddall v. Trimble
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The appellant, filed the bill in this case on the 2nd of November 1841, to recover, a proportion of the rents and profits of certain real estate, in which she claimed dower, upon the allegation that her former husband, William J. Chase, died seized thereof. The facts of the case charged in the bill admitted in the answer, and by agreement of parties, ai'e these: William Jacob, the grand-father of said Wm.
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The appellant, filed the bill in this case on the 2nd of November 1841, to recover, a proportion of the rents and profits of certain real estate, in which she claimed dower, upon the allegation that her former husband, William J. Chase, died seized thereof. The facts of the case charged in the bill admitted in the answer, and by agreement of parties, ai'e these: William Jacob, the grand-father of said Wm. J. Chase, died on the 15th of July, 1804, intestate, seized in fee of the property in question, leaving a widow, Jane Jacob, the testatrix of the appellee,…
1Opinion of the Court
Magruder, J.,
delivered the opinion of this court.,
*210William J. Chase, the former husband of the appellant, is stated to have died about the year 1809, seized in fee of real estate in the city of Baltimore.
The appellant filed this bill on the 2nd November, 1841, claiming her proportion of the rents and profits of her husband’s estate, which descended to him from his grand-father, William Jacob, and which, it is charged, were received by his widow. Against her surviving executor the bill is filed. No person who can assign the dower is made a defendant, and the bill only asks that the rents and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Steiger's Adm'r v. HillenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1833
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