Fidelity Trust Co. v. Barrett

Miss Elizabeth V. Denby, of Baltimore, died on April 23, 1944, leaving a purported will which was offered for probate in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City by Fidelity Trust Company. On June 23, 1944, five next of kin, Henry S. Barrett, Frederick R. Barrett, Mrs. Florence Mills, Miss Mary Toner and Mrs. Florence Starlings, filed a caveat alleging (1) that the will was not validly executed, and (2) that it was revoked. The trust company answered that the will, written entirely in the handwriting of the testatrix, was executed in accordance with the law of Maryland, and had not been revoked.…