BOSLEY ET AL. v. BOSLEY'S EXECUTRIX


55 U.S. 390 (1852)

14 How. 390

MARY LUCINDA BOSLEY, HENRY BOSLEY, MARY JANE DAVIS, SALLY ANN DAVIS, JAMES BOSLEY AND MELDRID BOSLEY, (INFANTS,) BY THEIR GUARDIAN AND NEXT FRIEND JOHN BOSLEY, AND JOHN BOSLEY SON OF THE SAID JOHN, v. MARGARET E. WYATT, EXECUTRIX OF ELIZABETH N. BOSLEY, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by M. Mayer, for the appellants, and Mr. Campbell and Mr. Johnson, for the appellees.


Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The dispute in this case arises out of the will and codicil of James Bosley, late of the city of Baltimore. The will was executed in 1828, and the codicil in 1839. He died in December, 1843.

In his will, after sundry specific devises and bequests, he devised and bequeathed all his lands and other real estate, in Baltimore, Cecil, and Alleghany counties, in...

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