Young v. Robinson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Washington County. John Young of Robert of the State of JVorth Carolina, John Young of Illinois, William Young of Kentucky, and others,non-residents, children and representatives of William Young, son of William Young, John Young, and others, children and representatives of William Young, son of John Young; Ulysses Young, and others, children and representatives of Abraham Matthew Young, son of John Young, by their petition represented, that…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Washington County. John Young of Robert of the State of JVorth Carolina, John Young of Illinois, William Young of Kentucky, and others,non-residents, children and representatives of William Young, son of William Young, John Young, and others, children and representatives of William Young, son of John Young; Ulysses Young, and others, children and representatives of Abraham Matthew Young, son of John Young, by their petition represented, that Doctor Daniel Young, late of Washington county, Maryland, departed this life on the 23rd July 1838, having made and…
1Opinion of the CourtArcher, J.
It has been conceded, that anterior to our acts of Assem*341bly of 1810 and 1832, the devise in this case would pass the residuum of the estate, to the children of John and William, who survived at the death of the testator, in exclusion of the descendants of such of the children of John and William, as may have died during the life time of the testator. It is presumed, that those persons of the described class, who survived the testator, were the only objects of his bounty, so that if an individual, answering the description of the bequest, who, if living at the death of the testator, would have…
2Cited by6 opinions
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- O'Brien v. DoughertyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1893
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