In the case of The Union Bank of Georgetown, Appellant vs. Anna Geary, Appellee, the Supreme Court was asked to decide whether a bank could collect on an unpaid debt from a deceased debtor’s estate. In this particular case, Anna Geary had been named executrix for her late husband's estate and was responsible for paying off his debts. However, she refused to pay one debt owed to The Union Bank of Georgetown due to its lack of legal tender status in Maryland at that time. The court ultimately ruled against the bank and held that it did not have any right or claim over Mrs. Geary’s property since it did not possess legal tender status in Maryland when the debt was incurred by her late husband prior to his death. This ruling established precedent that creditors cannot hold estates liable for debts if they do not possess legal tender status in their state at the time those debts were incurred by a decedent prior to their passing away

In the case of The Union Bank of Georgetown v. Anna Geary, the Supreme Court was asked to decide whether a bank could collect on an unpaid debt from a deceased debtor's estate. The majority opinion held that since the debt had been contracted before the death of the debtor, it should be paid by his estate and thus collected by the bank. However, Justice Story dissented from this decision and argued that such debts should not be enforceable against estates in cases where they were contracted after marriage but prior to death because doing so would violate state laws protecting married women's property rights. He further argued that allowing banks to collect on these debts would create an unfair burden for widows who are already struggling with financial hardship due to their husbands' deaths. Ultimately, Justice Story concluded that enforcing such contracts against estates violated both state law as well as public policy considerations and therefore should not be allowed under any circumstances