Devecmon v. Kuykendall
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Allegany County (Boyd, C. J.), dismissing the bill of complaint. The opinion of the Court below was as follows: This case was brought before me on a demurrer to the bill.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Allegany County (Boyd, C. J.), dismissing the bill of complaint. The opinion of the Court below was as follows: This case was brought before me on a demurrer to the bill. Without undertaking to state all the facts alleged in the bill, those that are necessary for the consideration of the question to which the argument was addressed are as follows : Mr. John S. Combs left by his last will and testament a number of pecuniary legacies to various parties, and made the following provision for the plaintiff: “To my nephew, John Semmes Devecmon, five…
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
The late John S. Combs, of Allegany County, Maryland, by his last will made the following provision for the plaintiff: “To my nephew, John Semmes Devecmon, five hundred dollars, also the law office in Cumberland, and ground on Washington street in said city, and known as the ‘ Devecmon Law Office,’ also all law books in said office.” The testator also made provision for his wife and daughter, Mrs. Kuykendall, two of the defendants. To his wife and daughter, respectively, he devised certain real estate and bequeathed certain personal property, declaring that the provision made for his wife was…
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