Hambleton v. Darrington
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Cross Appeals from the Superior Court of Baltimore City, in Equity. To the statement of the casé as presented in the opinion of the Court, the following is added: In 1842, after the death of Zachariah Woollen, a bill was filed in Chancery by William Rogers (one of the trustees under the will of said Woollen,) Edward T. Myers and Rebecca, his wife, formerly widow of said Woollen, Mary E. Woollen, now Hambleton, then an infant, by her next friend, and others, against the…
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Cross Appeals from the Superior Court of Baltimore City, in Equity. To the statement of the casé as presented in the opinion of the Court, the following is added: In 1842, after the death of Zachariah Woollen, a bill was filed in Chancery by William Rogers (one of the trustees under the will of said Woollen,) Edward T. Myers and Rebecca, his wife, formerly widow of said Woollen, Mary E. Woollen, now Hambleton, then an infant, by her next friend, and others, against the administrators de bonis non of Rachel Watson, and Henry Watson, for the appointment of a trustee in the place of Woollen,…
1Opinion of the CourtBowie, J.
The question presented by the cross appeals in this case is, whether the estate or interest devised or bequeathed by Rachel "Watson to Zachariah Woollen, passed by the will of the latter, to the trustees therein named, to be distributed under its provisions, or devolved upon his heirs and next of *441kin; in other words, whether Zachariah Woollen 'died testate or intestate, as to the property bequeathed by Mrs. Watson.
Mary Ann Darrington and her co-petitioners claim, under the will of Z. Woollen, one-half of the fund devised by Mrs. Watson. Hambleton and -wife and their co-defendants are children…
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