Nevin v. Gillespie
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County, in Equity. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The auditor’s account, from the ratification of which this appeal is taken, distributed the proceeds of the sale of the property in question, after the payment of costs and expenses, and claims proven, among the heirs of John Alexander Adams.
1Opinion of the CourtIrving, J.
The real estate over which this controversy has arisen, has been sold under a decree of the Circuit Court for Washington Countjr, by the consent of all the parties to the suit; and the questions for decision are presented by exceptions to the .special auditor’s report filed in the cause, which have been overruled by a pro forma order, and the audit in the particulars excepted to ratified, from which -order this appeal has been taken.
Both appellants and appellees claim the fund; so the question is one of title to the real estate sold; and its solution depends upon the proper construction of…
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