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Williams v. Williams

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 15, 1847PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Harford County Court. In the matter of the petition of Amos A. Williams and another, for an order of the court on George H. Williams, trustee of George Williams, an insolvent debtor, to sell certain stock of the insolvent.

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Appeal from Harford County Court. In the matter of the petition of Amos A. Williams and another, for an order of the court on George H. Williams, trustee of George Williams, an insolvent debtor, to sell certain stock of the insolvent. On the 20th Nov’r, 1846, George H. Williams, the trustee in this case, was ordered and directed to proceed forthwith to make sale of all right, title, and interest at law, and in equity, of the said insolvent, in the thirty-five shares of stock in the Savage Manufacturing Company, returned upon the schedule of said insolvent as being mortgaged to Martha Weld;…

1Opinion of the CourtMagruder, J.

It is insisted by the appellee, that from the order of Harford county court, which is the ground of this appeal, the party appealing has no right to appeal.

This presents the question now before us.

This is an appeal from an order, passed by Harford county court, in the case of George Williams, a petitioner for the benefit of the insolvent laws of this State. The application of the petitioner was made the 19th December, 1843, and was made to a justice of the Orphans court of Harford county. On the 12th April, 1845, the justice of the Orphans court, to whom the application was made, directed a…

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