Legal Opinion

Barroll v. Peters

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided October 9, 1863PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City : This is an appeal from an order of tho Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, passed ou the 12th of August 1862'. The caso is staled in the opinion of tins Court. The cause was argued before Oowra, C. J., and Bártol, Goldsisokougii and Cochran, J. 1st. That the Orphans’ Court had no jurisdiction to pass the order of the 12fch of August 1862. 2nd.

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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City : This is an appeal from an order of tho Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, passed ou the 12th of August 1862'. The caso is staled in the opinion of tins Court. The cause was argued before Oowra, C. J., and Bártol, Goldsisokougii and Cochran, J. 1st. That the Orphans’ Court had no jurisdiction to pass the order of the 12fch of August 1862. 2nd. That the devisees in trust having renounced the trust and refused to act under the will, it was impossible for the administrator to pass a final account. 3rd. The jurisdiction over the estate having been…

1Opinion of the CourtBowie, C. J.

The appellees filed their petition on the 23d of July 1862, in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, charging, £ ‘that it appears by the last account passed in your honorable Court, by B. C. Barroll, administrator of George Peters, deceased, there is a cash balance of about $370 in the hands of the administrator, due the estate of said deceased; that Sally Peters, widow of said George Peters, departed this life in the month of June 1861, and that there is no valid reason why the estate should not be closed and settled.” Wherefore they prayed that the administrator pass a final account and…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Stonesifer v. ShriverCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1904
  2. Horton v. HortonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1929
  3. Fulford v. FulfordCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1927
  4. Daugherty v. DaughertyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1896
  5. Kerby v. PetersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1937

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