State ex rel. Hughes v. Wilmer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — at the trial the plaintiff offered the two following prayers: 1. If Alfred Bennett was one of the executors of the estate of Charles Hoffman, and as such, together with Ann Hoffman, William Gf. Bansemer and Eiggin Buckler, executed the bond in evidence, and Alfred Bennett and Greo.
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — at the trial the plaintiff offered the two following prayers: 1. If Alfred Bennett was one of the executors of the estate of Charles Hoffman, and as such, together with Ann Hoffman, William Gf. Bansemer and Eiggin Buckler, executed the bond in evidence, and Alfred Bennett and Greo. D. Eeese were jointly and severally indebted to the estate of Charles Hoffman, on the 5th day of August, 1878, and have never discharged said indebtedness, except as to credits hereafter mentioned ; and the said…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
This is an action upon the bond of the executors of Charles Hoffman, deceased, who died on the 5th of August, 1875 ; and the case was tried in the Court below on an agreed statement of facts, without the aid of a jury, and the judgment being for the defendants, the plaintiff has appealed.
Charles Hoffman, the testator, had been a merchant for many years, and was still in business at the time of his death. By his will, after giving his wife, Anna Hoffman, a life estate in all his property, real and personal, he made various devises and bequests, to take effect upon the death *183of his wife, to…
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