Hughes v. Nicklas
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. On a hill of interpleader filed by the tenant of the leasehold property involved in this suit, the parties to this appeal were required to interplead, for the purpose of ascertaining which was entitled to the rent of said property, due by the tenant; and which he was ordered to pay into Court to await the decision of said question. After hearing, the Court below, (Dennis, J.,) passed a decree awarding the fund to the appellee.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. On a hill of interpleader filed by the tenant of the leasehold property involved in this suit, the parties to this appeal were required to interplead, for the purpose of ascertaining which was entitled to the rent of said property, due by the tenant; and which he was ordered to pay into Court to await the decision of said question. After hearing, the Court below, (Dennis, J.,) passed a decree awarding the fund to the appellee. This appeal is taken from said decree. The case is further stated in the opinion of this Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, J.
The single question involved in this appeal is, what estate did Jane Shaw take, under the will of George Ackerman, in certain leasehold property ? It is insisted by the appellant that she took an absolute interest therein; whilst the appellee contends that she was entitled only to a life estate, and that upon her decease the remainder passed to Christiana Snyder. The will of George Ackerman must determine this controversy. It bears date May sixteenth) eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and was admitted to probate October the twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four. The only clauses…
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