Iglehart v. Holt
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on two appeals from an order of the Orphans’ Court directing partial distribution of an intestate’s estate. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: The record before us presents two appeals, both from the order of the court below of the 30th of June, 189(7, directing distribution of part of the personal estate of the late Judge Advocate General, Joseph Holt, deceased.
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Hearing on two appeals from an order of the Orphans’ Court directing partial distribution of an intestate’s estate. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: The record before us presents two appeals, both from the order of the court below of the 30th of June, 189(7, directing distribution of part of the personal estate of the late Judge Advocate General, Joseph Holt, deceased. Joseph Holt died in this District, intestate, in the year 1894. He left no widow, child, parent, grandchild, brother or sister surviving him; but he left nephews and nieces, children of deceased brothers and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
The questions presented by these appeals are mainly of mere statutory construction, and the learned justice below only followed the settled construction of the Maryland statute of 1798, Ch. 101, Subch. 11, in force in this District, as that statute has been construed by the Maryland Oourt of Appeals, and applied in the practical administration and distribution of decedent’s estates, both in that State and in this District. The construction adopted has furnished, and, it has been supposed, settled an important rule of property; but if it be apparent, as contended by the appellants, that there…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McComas v. AmosCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
- Sauerwein v. BrunnerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1827
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