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Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland 1846-1854
Volume 200, Volume 4, Page 545   View pdf image (33K)
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MADDOX VS. DENT. 545
on the 20th of October, 1844, because certain claims therein
mentioned were paid by Henry Brawner, executor of Maddox,
not by the trustee, and were not legally proved, and one claim
was not legally proved, nor a proper claim against the estate.
In this state of the case, it was transferred to this court on
the 18th of December, 1845, and on the 23d of January, 1846,
the Chancellor passed an order referring the case to the Audi-
tor of this court, with directions to state a final account, from
which he will exclude all claims against which the Statute of
Limitations has been relied on, and which appear to be barred,
and also all claims which have not been sufficiently authentica-
ted. In pursuance of this order, the Auditor made his report
on the 27th of February, filed 4th of March, 1846, allowing
expenses and complainant's claim, and distributing the residue
between the heirs, but recommending a suspension of the final
order until some evidence should be furnished of the widow's
claim in lieu of dower, she having agreed by answer to accept
the same, and also submitting whether complainant's claim
could be allowed.
After the filing of this account, James Brawner died, and
his death was suggested on the 17th of July, 1846, and anoth-
er petition was filed by the heirs, stating the death of the trus-
tee, and that H. W. Dent was his executor, and praying that
he might be made a party to the suit, upon which the Chancel-
lor passed an order on the 18th of the same month, that the
said Dent bring into court all sums of money which may have
come into his hands, or into the hands of his testator, by virtue
of the trust, or show cause to the contrary.
The claim of the widow ought to be no obstruction now to
the final adjudication of this case. She was a party to the
suit consenting that the land should be sold clear of dower,
and it was her province to present proof by which the amount
of her allowance might be ascertained, and she has had ample
time, both before and since the Auditor's report, to do so, and
having neglected it, the case cannot be retarded further on
that account. The complainant's claim, as stated in the bill,
is ascertained by the decree, and cannot now be disputed. The
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