Ogle v. Reynolds
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. On the 14th of May, 1891, Charles Ogle and Mary J. Des Eorges, executors of Harriet A. Hayden, deceased, offered at public auction the reversions in and the rents issuing out of certain lots of ground, on the west side of' Eutaw street, in Baltimore City. Two of these ground-rents were purchased by the appellee, Patrick Reynolds, and the third was purchased by the appellee, Augustus C. E. Boehme.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. On the 14th of May, 1891, Charles Ogle and Mary J. Des Eorges, executors of Harriet A. Hayden, deceased, offered at public auction the reversions in and the rents issuing out of certain lots of ground, on the west side of' Eutaw street, in Baltimore City. Two of these ground-rents were purchased by the appellee, Patrick Reynolds, and the third was purchased by the appellee, Augustus C. E. Boehme. The executors reported the sales to the Orphans’ Court for ratification, claiming they had been made in pursuance of a power vested in them by the…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The fourth clause of the will of the testatrix, out of which this controversy arises, is as follows:
“Fourthly. I will, devise, and bequeath my four several ground-rents arising and payable out of the lots on the west side of North Eutaw street as follows, that is to say:
“First. The one at the corner of Eutaw and Biddle streets, to pay my funeral expenses, and a tomb for Captain Hayden and myself.
“Second. The next, or second ground-rent, to be used to buy and put up a tomb for my father and mother Ogle, and James and Elizabeth Hayden.
“Third. The next, or third ground-rent, is to be used for…
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