Crapster v. Griffith
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the court of chancery. The complainant (now appellant-,) and his wife, had heretofore filed a bill to set aside a settlement made between the defendant and the complainant’s wife, to whom the defendant had been guardian, and to- have an account of the monies in his (the defendant’s) hands,- and to compel him to deliver certain slaves.
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Appeal from a decree of the court of chancery. The complainant (now appellant-,) and his wife, had heretofore filed a bill to set aside a settlement made between the defendant and the complainant’s wife, to whom the defendant had been guardian, and to- have an account of the monies in his (the defendant’s) hands,- and to compel him to deliver certain slaves. After a statement of accounts, the chancellor set aside the settlement, and decreed the payment of a specific sum of money, and the delivery of the slaves. This decree, on appeal by the defendant, was affirmed in this court. ■ The money…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dorsey,.. J.
The chancellor’s decree in this cause Is .erroneous, and must be reversed, as we are of opinion that the complainant is entitled to one moiety of the negroes born of Lucy and Mitty, after the execution of the comínission, and before the passing of the decree in the suit *146brought by the complainant, and his wife, against the present defendant, in the court of chancery, and which is referred to, and made part of, the bill filed in this cause. And we are further of opifiiph, that the complainant is entitled to recover the value of the labour of…
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