Ringgold v. Emory
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Motion to dismiss the appeal. 2nd April 1836, the estate of William Ringgold was sold, in virtue of a decree of the chancery court, for the payment of his debts, and William Emory became the purchaser. The sale was ratified and confirmed 20th June. The land was sold for $23.52 per acre, and contained, according to the report of the trustee, five hundred and sixty-six acres.
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Motion to dismiss the appeal. 2nd April 1836, the estate of William Ringgold was sold, in virtue of a decree of the chancery court, for the payment of his debts, and William Emory became the purchaser. The sale was ratified and confirmed 20th June. The land was sold for $23.52 per acre, and contained, according to the report of the trustee, five hundred and sixty-six acres. The purchase money was paid and distributed; a balance, after satisfying the claims against the deceased, was paid over to the guardian of the appellant, who was the devisee of William Ringgold. The appellant, in May 1844,…
1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.
The Court of Appeals have had no difficulty in coming to the conclusion, that the order of the chancellor, passed the *35025th June 1849, from which the present appeal appears to have been taken, was irregular, and of no force and effect whatever.
By the order passed 19th July 1848, in our judgment, the whole case had been dismissed, and thus finally disposed of. This conclusion is not only clear, from the fact that the order, in express terms, dismissed the original petition, the effect of which was to have dismissed all the subsequent proceedings which were based upon that petition, but it appears…
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