Berrett v. Oliver
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Chancery. The appellant on the 28th of November 1832, filed a bill in the court of Chancery, against the appellee Oliver, the heirs of Joseph S. Berrett, and the heirs of one James Inloes, praying that certain deeds, and a decree of the court of Chancery, might be vacated and annulled.
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Appeal from Chancery. The appellant on the 28th of November 1832, filed a bill in the court of Chancery, against the appellee Oliver, the heirs of Joseph S. Berrett, and the heirs of one James Inloes, praying that certain deeds, and a decree of the court of Chancery, might be vacated and annulled. It charged, that the complainant before her intermarriage with Joseph S. Berrett, (now deceased) was seized and possessed in her own right, of a valuable real and personal estate, under the will of her father. That being so entitled, she on the 9th of March 1809, before her marriage, and in…
1Opinion of the CourtDorsey, Judge
The preliminary question which the appellees have raised, predicated upon the idea, that this is a bill of review, seeking the reversal of the Chancellor’s decree, on the ground of error in law patent on the face of the decree, denies to the appellant the privilege of prosecuting this appeal, upon the principle, that this decree of dismissal, whether right or wrong, does not materially prejudice or conclude any of his valuable rights. In that innocent, immaterial light, we cannot regard it, but believing that it does foreclose and settle rights, highly important to the interests of the…
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