Calvert v. Williams
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Equity Side of the Circuit Court for Montgomery county. The bill in this case was filed in the court of chancery, on the 3rd of June 1850, by the appellants, as administrators de bonis non of Thomas Cramphin, and as executors and residu- " ary devisees and legatees of George Calvert, who had been the administrator of Cramphin, and trustee, under certain conveyances, executed by agreement, in order to terminate the litigation respecting the will of Cramphin,…
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Appeal from the Equity Side of the Circuit Court for Montgomery county. The bill in this case was filed in the court of chancery, on the 3rd of June 1850, by the appellants, as administrators de bonis non of Thomas Cramphin, and as executors and residu- " ary devisees and legatees of George Calvert, who had been the administrator of Cramphin, and trustee, under certain conveyances, executed by agreement, in order to terminate the litigation respecting the will of Cramphin, against the appellee and others, cestui qua trusts under these conveyances and specific legatees of Cramphin, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand’, C. J.
We have given to this case much reflection, and think we should affirm the action of the judge below, and, so far as the act of 1854, ch. 160, is concerned, for the reasons assigned by him. In addition to the authorities cited in his opinion, we refer to the case of Prout vs. Berry, 2 Gill, 147, and to the case of Baugher, et al., vs. Nelson, 9 Gill, 299,
Whilst we affirm the decision of the circuit court, we wish to be understood as doing so only in deference to past decisions in regard to such acts as that of 1854, qji. 160. Were we called upon for the first time to pronounce on the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Grinder v. NelsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1850
- Prout v. BerryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1844
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