Thompson v. Dorsey
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
[The hill in this case was filed by creditors against the widow and administratrix, and heirs at law of Rinaldo Dorsey, deceased, charging the insufficiency of the personal estate to pay his debts, and praying for an account from the administratrix, and for a sale of the real estate for that purpose. After answer admitting these allegations, a decree for a sale was passed, and an account ordered.
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[The hill in this case was filed by creditors against the widow and administratrix, and heirs at law of Rinaldo Dorsey, deceased, charging the insufficiency of the personal estate to pay his debts, and praying for an account from the administratrix, and for a sale of the real estate for that purpose. After answer admitting these allegations, a decree for a sale was passed, and an account ordered. The property was sold, and the proceeds brought in, and on the 22d of February, 1853, a petition was filed in the case by John Warfield of Joshua, Margaret G. Warfield, and Ann Pierse, setting up…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
This case is submitted upon the petition of John Warfield of Joshua, and others, filed on the 22d of February last, the answer thereto of Margaret A. Dorsey, administratrix of Rinaldo W. Dorsey, and the proof in relation to the claim sot up by the petitioners, taken under the order passed upon said petition.
The claim of John Warfield seems to me to be sufficiently proved. A father is bound to educate and maintain his infant child, and if another person performs this natural duty for him with his knowledge and consent, the father is liable to pay a reasonable sum to such person.…
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