Legal Opinion
Jones v. Endslow
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 27, 1974No. 823, September Term, 1973PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
The question in this case is whether the will of Charles S. Archer, Sr. created a trust, and, if so, did the trustee take a fee simple title to real estate, with power to sell.
Mr. Archer died on 10 July 1963. He and his wife, who predeceased him by six weeks, owned a farm of some 122 acres in Harford County, and a relatively small amount of personal property. They had four children, Daniel Trainor Archer, James Howard Archer, Katherine Archer Endslow, and Charles S. Archer, Jr. All were adults, and all had children.
Over a period of a year or more before September, 1961, there had been family…
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