Barnes v. Crain
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancefy. The bill in this case was filed in 1845, by the appellees, to recover of the appellants a pecuniary legacy bequeathed, in 1818, by Samuel Bond to Mary C. B. Compton, and which came to the hands of John Barnes, the executor of Samuel Bond, and the testator of the appellants.
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Appeal from the Court of Chancefy. The bill in this case was filed in 1845, by the appellees, to recover of the appellants a pecuniary legacy bequeathed, in 1818, by Samuel Bond to Mary C. B. Compton, and which came to the hands of John Barnes, the executor of Samuel Bond, and the testator of the appellants. The answer admits, the bequest by Samuel Bond to his grandniece, Mary O. B. Barnes; the reception of the legacy by John Barnes, the executor of S. Bond, and the guardian of Mary C. B. Barnes; the marriage of M. C. B. Barnes to Mr. Compton, in. 1824, her death in 1834, and that of her…
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.
Samuel Bond, by his last will and testament, bequeathed to his grandniece, Mary C. B. Barnes, a pecuniary legacy of $3,000, and also one-fourth of his slaves. Two of the co-executors of the will having died, John Barnes, the surviving executor, (and the father and guardian of the legatee,) passed his first and final administration account, with the orphans court, by which, as guardian, he came to the possession of the said $3,000, and the further sum of $2,337.50, the estimated value of the slaves so bequeathed to his daughter.
*396Mary C. B. Barnes intermarried with William P. Compton, and both…
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