Walton v. Willis
Supreme Court of the United States
WHERE an heir at law took an intestate’s lands at a valuation,it had been the practice of the Orphans Courts throughout the State, only to require him to give Bonds to those who were entitled, under the Act of Assembly, to a distributive share of the estate.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice
said, in the course of the argument in this cause, that the practice above mentioned, was illegal and improper; for, the Orphans Courts ought, instead of Bonds, which are a mere personal security, to take Recognizances, by which the lands themselves would be bound for the payment of the distributive shares. He added, that the Court would not enter into a retrospect upon this subject; but that, for the future, they would expect a conformity to the opinion now given. *
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Henry v. RiskSupreme Court of the United States · 1788
3Cited by4 opinions
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