Wilson v. Wilson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans Court of Baltimore county. This was á petition filed by Charles Wilson, on the 2nd August, 1828, as one of the distributees of John Wilson, late of Baltimore county deceased, claiming his proportion of the estate.
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Appeal from the Orphans Court of Baltimore county. This was á petition filed by Charles Wilson, on the 2nd August, 1828, as one of the distributees of John Wilson, late of Baltimore county deceased, claiming his proportion of the estate. It charged that John Wilson died on the 1st of January, 1819; that Michael Tiernan and William Murdock obtained letters ad colligendum upon the estate of the deceased, and received a large sum of money on account thereof; that on the 11th of August, 1819, John Wilson and Benjamin Sterett were appointed administrators, and had little other trouble than to…
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, C. J.
We do not think either of the points raised in this case can be sustained.
The 14th sect, of the act of 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 3, authorises the issuing letters ad colligendum, by the Orphans Courts of the several counties in the cases specified, and the 18th section authorises an allowance to a collector for his whole trouble, of a commission on the amount of the property and debts actually collected and delivered to an executor or administrator, at the discretion of the court, not exceeding three per cent. And the 2nd section of the 10th sub-ch. authorises the allowance to an executor or…
2Cited by8 opinions
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