Semmes v. Magruder
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Equity Side of the Circuit Court for Prince Georges county. This appeal was taken from an order of the court below, (Crain J.,) overruling the appellant’s exceptions, and ratifying the auditor’s account rejecting a claim as against the personal estate of Notley Young deceased, filed by the appellant as executor of Martha Young, in a cause in chancery involving both tire real and personal estate of the deceased.
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Appeal from the Equity Side of the Circuit Court for Prince Georges county. This appeal was taken from an order of the court below, (Crain J.,) overruling the appellant’s exceptions, and ratifying the auditor’s account rejecting a claim as against the personal estate of Notley Young deceased, filed by the appellant as executor of Martha Young, in a cause in chancery involving both tire real and personal estate of the deceased. The history of the claim, as appears from the record, is this: Notley Young died in July 1846. Martha Young, his daughter, became his administratrix in 1847, and…
1Opinion of the CourtTuck, J.
The account of Martha Young, the appellant’s testatrix, on which this controversy arose, was proved on the 4th of December 1848, and afterwards passed by the orphans court. There are endorsed on the claim a payment of §400, on the 1st of December 1848, and another of §600, on the 1st of January 1849. The affidavit is not strictly in form, but this objection is obviated by its having been passed by the orphans court. Owens vs. Collinson, 3 G. J., 25. This case also shows, that claims of executors and administrators, stand on the same footing with those presented by other creditors of deceased…
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