Pindell v. Pindell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Baltimore City. This was an appeal from a decree of tbe Court below, upon a bill filed by the appellee, charging that the appellant had not filed her renunciation of the bequests contained in the will of her late husband, Lewis Pindell, deceased, within six months after the first grant of administration upon his estate, as required by section 285- of Article 93 of the Code.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Baltimore City. This was an appeal from a decree of tbe Court below, upon a bill filed by the appellee, charging that the appellant had not filed her renunciation of the bequests contained in the will of her late husband, Lewis Pindell, deceased, within six months after the first grant of administration upon his estate, as required by section 285- of Article 93 of the Code. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
It appears from the record in this case, that Lewis Pin-dell died in the-fall of 1872, leaving the appellant his widow, and also leaving a will to which a caveat was filed on the 5th of October, 1872, before it ivas admitted to probate, and on the 23rd of November, 1872, letters of administration pendente lite were granted to the appellee, the party named as executor in the will. Issues framed on this caveat were subsequently tried in a Court of law, and the jury found all of them in favor of the caveatee. These findings were certified and transmitted to the Orphans’ Court on the 18th of…
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