Legal Opinion

Merryman v. Long

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided March 27, 1879PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City.

1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.

Richard D. Long, deceased, by his last will and the codicils thereto annexed, bequeathed all his property after the payment of his debts to Oliver P. Merryman, in trust for the use of his wife for life, “ so that she be permitted and suffered to hold and enjoy the same property and estate, and the rents, issues, interest and income thereof, after payment of all ground rents, taxes, insurance, repairs and expenses upon said property, to take, receive and apply to her own use and benefit, &c., and after her death, in trust for the testator’s grand-children.”

Oliver P. Merryman was constituted…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sargent v. SargentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  2. Evans v. IglehartCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1834
  3. Edelen v. State ex rel. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1832

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wethered v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1894
  2. Burt v. GillCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1899
  3. Lang v. WilmerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1917
  4. Tilghman v. FrazerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1952
  5. Burt v. GillCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1899

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