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7 Gill 345

Lawson v. Davis

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 15, 1848

Court of Appeals of Maryland · decided 1848-12-15

The bill in this-case, was filed on the 21st of April 1841, by the appellee, against the appellants, alleging that Doctor David Davis, the father of the complainant, died in Cecil county in 1816, leaving a widow, Ann Davis, and complainant, his only child and heir at law, also a considerable personal estate, upon which one John Mercer administered;' that Ann, the widow and mother of the complainant, in the year 1820, intermarried with Franklin Betts, who was appointed…

Decided 1848-12-15

Spence, 3.,

¶1delivered the opinion of this court.

¶2It is the opinion of the court in this case, that the complainant had remedy at law. The bill alleges, that Mercer, one of the securities in the guardian bond, is solvent. The decree is reversed with costs, and the bill dismissed.

¶3DECREE REVERSED AND BILL DISMISSED.

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