Legal Opinion
Clarke v. CLARKE, TRUSTEE
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 28, 1960No. [No. 111, September Term, 1959.]PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
We are called upon to decide whether a testamentary gift to the issue of a life tenant, with no intrinsic or extrinsic evidences of intent, results in a grandchild of the life tenant sharing equally with his father, a child of the life tenant, or whether the father takes to the exclusion of his son. The decision below was that the father took, and the infant son, by his guardian, appeals.
The will of J. Beauregard Clarke, a resident of Anne Arundel County who died in 1913, leaving a will executed two weeks before his death, left the residue of his estate in trust to pay the income to his widow…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Jackson v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Mayhew's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Dexter v. InchesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Thomas v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1891
- Hitzelberger v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1938
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Warren v. First New Haven National BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Kelly v. Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Mercantile Trust Co. National Ass'n v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- Clarke v. CLARKE, TRUSTEECourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1960
- Estate of Click v. Estate of ClickCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2012
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