Price v. Hitaffer

Diggbs, J".,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal is from an order of the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City passed in the distribution of the estate of Della A. Martin, deceased intestate, which order excluded from participation in the distribution of said estate the heirs or personal representatives of Walter J. Martin, the husband of Della A. Martin, who, it is admitted and proven, did on the first day of October, 1931, shoot and kill his wife, and almost immediately thereafter commit suicide. These facts present the main question to be determined, namely: Can a murderer, or his…