PAGE v. PATTON ET AL.


30 U.S. 304 (____)

5 Pet. 304

MARIA WILSON PAGE, RELICT AND ADMINISTRATRIX OF MANN PAGE, DECEASED, MANN ALEXANDER PAGE AND JANE MARIA PAGE, INFANT CHILDREN OF THE SAID MANN PAGE, BY THE SAID MARIA WILSON PAGE, THEIR MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND, COMPLAINANTS, vs. JOHN LLOYD, EXECUTOR OF OSGOOD HANBURY, WHO WAS SURVIVING PARTNER OF CAPEL AND OSGOOD HANBURY, ROBERT PATTON, ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE WILL ANNEXED OF MANN PAGE, DECEASED, JOHN T. PAGE, LEWIS BURWELL, ADMINISTRATOR OF ROBERT C. PAGE AND JOHN MINOR, DEFENDANTS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr Key and Mr Wirt, for the complainants: Mr Patton read a written argument prepared by Mr Johnston.


Mr Justice M'LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This cause is certified from the eastern district of the circuit court in Virginia, the judges of that court being divided in opinion.

The legal question arose out of the following facts, which are substantially stated by the defendant's counsel. Mann Page the second, having made his will, died in 1803, leaving a large estate, real and personal, the whole being charged with the payment of his debts.

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