Garrison v. Hill
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common- Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — The testimony being closed on both sides, the plaintiffs offered the two following prayers: 1. It. being admitted in this case that William Worthington Johnson died in October, 1886, without leaving any descendants living at the time of his death, and without leaving any brother or sister or child or children of any pre-deceased brother or sister, then, after his death; by…
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Appeal from the Court of Common- Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — The testimony being closed on both sides, the plaintiffs offered the two following prayers: 1. It. being admitted in this case that William Worthington Johnson died in October, 1886, without leaving any descendants living at the time of his death, and without leaving any brother or sister or child or children of any pre-deceased brother or sister, then, after his death; by the true construction of the will of Maria E. Weise, read in evidence, the title to the real estate described in the…
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, J.
This is an appeal in an action of ejectment. The property sought to be recovered is real estate, situate on Lexington street, in Baltimore City, together with its rents and profits.
The main questions for our consideration arise upon a construction of the fifth item of the will of a certain Maria E. Weise, and the will of a certain Emma M. O. Johnson.
By the fifth clause of the will of Maria E. Weise, she devised as follows: “All the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, effects, and property of every kind and description whatsover, inclusive of my house and lot of ground on Lexington…
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