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Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland 1846-1854
Volume 200, Volume 3, Page 281   View pdf image (33K)
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IN THE MATTER OF RACHEL COLVIN. 281
of that County, to inquire into the lunacy of the party, and by
an inquisition taken on the 5th of December then ensuing, the
jury found her to be a lunatic,- not enjoying lucid intervals,
and that she ia not sufficient for the government of herself or
her property, and that she has been in the same state from the
month of April, 1849; but by what means she became a
lunatic, the jurors say they do not know, unless by the visita-
tion of God.
Subsequently, to wit, on the 16th of December, 1850,
Elisha Warford and others, being of the next of kin, and heirs-
at-law of the lunatic, filed their petition in the cause, in which,
while they admit that Rachel Colvin is now of unsound mind,
they Insist that her mental infirmity goes back to an earlier
period than that found by the jury, and object to the inquisi-
tion on that account; and they likewise object to the appoint-
ment of Richard C. Warford, and his sister Rachel J. War-
ford, either jointly or severally, as the committee of the estate
or person of the lunatic, and pray that one Benjamin H. Elli-
cott may be appointed committee of the estate, and that he
and his wife, Mary Ann Ellicott, may be appointed committee
of her person.
After the proceedings had been transferred to this Court,
upon the suggestion of Elisha Warford, and those who are
associated with him, a petition was filed by Ann Sharp and
Thompson Pegg and wife, the said Sharp and Mrs. Pegg
being also of the next of kin, and presumptive heirs-at-law of
the lunatic, in which, for the reasons stated in their petition,
they object to the appointment of any of the persons previously
recommended, to take charge of the estate, and urge the
appointment of St. George W. Teakle, Esquire, as a person
peculiarly qualified, from his long and intimate acquaintance
with the lunatic and her estate, to discharge the duties of com-
mittee. '
By an agreement filed on the 9th of this month, the objec-
tions to the confirmation of the inquisition are withdrawn, and
it is agreed that it shall be confirmed upon certain terms, and

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