Lutz v. Mahan

Citations

• 80 Md. 233
• 30 A. 645
• 1894 Md. LEXIS 118

Syllabus

<p>Revocation of Letters af Administration — Renunciation—False Statement in Judicial Proceedings.</p> <p>Letters of administration were granted to a son of an intestate upon his ex-parte application and statement that there was no other son. There was, in fact, an elder son and two daughters, but no widow ot the intestate. Held, that the letters so granted should be revoked, and the Orphans’ Court should proceed as if this administration had never taken place.</p> <p>A voluntary renunciation of the right to administer, once made, cannot afterwards be withdrawn.</p> <p>When a judicial act has been obtained by fraudulent means, the Court must condemn the means and annul the result obtained by them. It will never speculate as to whether the same result may not be reached again under different circumstances.</p>