Richards v. Swan
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appear.from the Court of Chancery. The appellees (the complainants below)’on the 2Sthof October, 1844, filed their bill on the equity side of Charles county court, by Allison Roberts\ their guardian' and next friend, against the- appellants and one Zachariah Dent, praying that certain conveyances which had been made by Dent to' the defendant, Priscilla Richards, might be set aside and vacated,, as fraudulent against his creditors.
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Appear.from the Court of Chancery. The appellees (the complainants below)’on the 2Sthof October, 1844, filed their bill on the equity side of Charles county court, by Allison Roberts\ their guardian' and next friend, against the- appellants and one Zachariah Dent, praying that certain conveyances which had been made by Dent to' the defendant, Priscilla Richards, might be set aside and vacated,, as fraudulent against his creditors. They alleged that Dent had been, by the appointment of the orphans court of Charles county, acting as the guardian of the complainants, and in that capacity had…
1Opinion of the CourtSpence, J.
The argument of the appellant’s solicitor in this cause, insists, that the decree of the chancellor should be reversed, “because the infancy of the complainants should have been proved, as it was material.”
The account proved by Zachariah Dent, afid passed by the orphans court of Charles county, on the 27th day of June 1843, a duly authenticated copy of which, from the records of said court, was filed in this cause, marked exhibit C, is prima facie evidence to prove, that on the 27th day of June 1843, the said Dent admitted, that Benjamin Swan, and Theo. philus Swan, were minors, that he was…
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