Matter of Estate of Underwood

After the Orphans’ Court for Montgomery County, purportedly acting pursuant to Code (1957), Article 93, Section 239, revoked the letters of administration c.t.a., in the matter of the estate of Henry Morehead Underwood, deceased, of Earl J. Lombard, he has appealed.

The issue to be determined is a narrow one: was Lombard afforded a legal opportunity to be heard, after proper citation and summons, in accordance with the statute? It will be unnecessary in this case to pass upon the sufficiency of the citations relative to the time periods named in the statute, or the specificity of the charges…