Carroll v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Queen Anne’s County (Mártin and Brown, JJ.), dismissing the bill of complaint. The cause was submitted to the Court on briefs by:
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
On December 31st, 1884, William Kennedy Carroll, then of Baltimore City, executed and delivered to James H. Smith and W. Frank Mitchell of Baltimore County, a deed, conveying to them, upon certain trusts declared in said deed, all his property, real and personal, of every description. W. Frank Mitchell subsequently died as alleged in the proceedings, and James H, Smith is now the surviving trustee. It does not appear in the record, but is stated in the appellant’s brief, that Mitchell never entered upon the trust because he could not give the necessary bond; but Smith executed the necessary…
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