Darnall v. Hill
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The proceedings in this case were first commenced in Prince George’s county court, and subsequently removed to the Court of Chancery.
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The proceedings in this case were first commenced in Prince George’s county court, and subsequently removed to the Court of Chancery. On the 2nd October, 1833, the appellants filed their bill, alleging, that Richard Hill died some time in the spring of 1816, intestate, leaving the following children his heirs and representatives, to wit, Philip Hill, aged 13 years; Mary Ann, aged 11 years; William, aged 9 years; and Elizabeth, aged 6 years: that letters of administration upon his estate were granted to Margery Darnall, wife of Francis L. Darnall, and a…
1Opinion of the CourtArcher, J.
The complainants, on the 2nd of October, 1833, filed their bill in Prince George’s county court, alleging, among other things, that Richard Hill, of Prince George’s county, died seized of certain lands in the said county, leaving one of the complainants his widow, who afterwards intermarried with the other complainant, and that she was entitled to dower in the said lands, and that the complainant Francis L. Darnall, who intermarried with Mrs. Hill in the year 1817, was in the year 1820 appointed guardian of the children of Richard Hill, and received the rents and profits of the said lands as…
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