Phinney v. Trustees of the Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hospital
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City (Sharp, J.).
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, C. J.
Having decided in the preceding case that no trust was, or was intended to be, created by the residuary clause of Mr. Pratt’s will, it remains for us now to consider the contention of the alternative residuary legatees and devisees. This contention is that the Act of Assembly of 1898, ch. if, changing the name of the Sheppard Asylum to the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital is unconstitutional and void; that consequently the condition upon the happening of which the property disposed of by the residuary clause was to vest in the Sheppard Asylum, did not come to pass, and that therefore the…
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