Pfeltz v. Pfeltz
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore Ciiy. This appeal is from au order granting an injunction and appointing a receiver upon a bill filed on the 23rd of October 1857, by the appellees against the appellants.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore Ciiy. This appeal is from au order granting an injunction and appointing a receiver upon a bill filed on the 23rd of October 1857, by the appellees against the appellants. The bill alleges that George C. Pfeltz, in his lifetime, pur-» chased from J. J. Speed, trustee, under a decree in chancery, a tract of land in Baltimore county, containing one hundred: and twenty-one acres, more or less, described in a deed therefor from said Speed, as trustee, to said George, in fee-simple, dated tiie 26th of June 1847, which was duly recorded, and is filed as…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
None of the authorities cited by the appellees are sufficient to establish the jurisdiction of a court of equity, over the case presented by the bill of complaint. The title of the complainants’ testator, George C. Pfeltz, is alleged to have been a legal estate in fee, which, by his will, was devised to his widow, the complainant Sarah, during her widowhood, or until their youngest child shall attain the age of twenty-one years, for the support of herself and their children, the other complainants, with remainder to the children in fee, subject to the dower of the widow. The acts of the…
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