Dorsey v. Warfield
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans Court of Howard County. This appeal was taken from an order of the court below, revoking and annulling the probat of the will of Fielder War-field, and annulling letters of administration cum testamento annexo, which had been previously granted upon his personal estate. The facts of the case are all sufficiently stated in the opinion of this court.
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Appeal from the Orphans Court of Howard County. This appeal was taken from an order of the court below, revoking and annulling the probat of the will of Fielder War-field, and annulling letters of administration cum testamento annexo, which had been previously granted upon his personal estate. The facts of the case are all sufficiently stated in the opinion of this court. By an agreement of counsel the record was amended, so as to show that the appeal was taken by Rebecca H. Dorsey, one of the legatees under the will, as well as by Mortimer Dorsey, the executor named in the will, but who had…
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.
This is an appeal from an order of the orphans court for Howard county, annulling letters of administration previously granted to Kitty Warfield on the personal estate of her deceased brother, Fielder Warfield, and also revoking and annulling the probat which' had been allowed of a- paper purporting to be the’ last will of said decedent.
It appears from the record that Fielder Warfield executed his last will and testament on the'27th day of February 1847, and that, after notice to the only heirs at law of the testator, Mortimer Dorsey, the executor named in the will, presented it to the…
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