Billingslea v. Baldwin
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from fhe Equity Side of the Circuit Court for Harford county. On the 19th day of December 1843, during the life of Walter Billingslea, Sr., the devisee for life, under the will of Walter Billingslea, deceased, of certain real estate mentioned in the will, Pue and wife filed their bill on the Equity Side of Harford County Court, against John T. Baldwin and wife, and others, children of Elisha Bull, deceased, alleging that the complainants and defendants are jointly…
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Appeal from fhe Equity Side of the Circuit Court for Harford county. On the 19th day of December 1843, during the life of Walter Billingslea, Sr., the devisee for life, under the will of Walter Billingslea, deceased, of certain real estate mentioned in the will, Pue and wife filed their bill on the Equity Side of Harford County Court, against John T. Baldwin and wife, and others, children of Elisha Bull, deceased, alleging that the complainants and defendants are jointly entitled to the reversion in the lands now in the possession of Walter Billingslea, Sr., the devisee for life; that the…
1Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Wetsel, J.,
delivered the following opinion, also concurring in part in the opinion of the majority of the Court,, and in part dissenting therefrom:
My understanding of the cases of Tipton vs. Chaney, and Tomlinson vs. McKaig, is this: that the rights acquired by heirs-at-law, under the Act to direct descents, are intrinsically valuable, vested by the death of the intestate, and the subjects of grant; and that it is the duty of Courts of Equity, upon bills for sale or partition filed by some of the heirs against others, whenever, by the allegations of the hill or' otherwise, it is made to…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Tomlinson v. McKaigCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1847
- Chaney v. TiptonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1845