Devecmon v. Shaw
Court of Appeals of Maryland
• Appeal from the Circuit Court for Alleghany County, in Equity. This is an appeal from a decree of the Court helow, passed in a cause instituted in said Court hy the appellees, executors and trustees under the will of John S. Comhs, for the purpose of obtaining a judicial construction of certain provisions of said will, and of their powers and duties as such trustees, and asking for an administration of the estate, and of the trusts under the direction of the Court.
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• Appeal from the Circuit Court for Alleghany County, in Equity. This is an appeal from a decree of the Court helow, passed in a cause instituted in said Court hy the appellees, executors and trustees under the will of John S. Comhs, for the purpose of obtaining a judicial construction of certain provisions of said will, and of their powers and duties as such trustees, and asking for an administration of the estate, and of the trusts under the direction of the Court. The testator having devised and bequeathed certain portion of his estate, both real and personal, to his wife and daughter, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, J.
The record now before us brings up for review a decree of the Circuit Court for Alleghany County, construing the will of the late John S. Combs. The opinion filed by Chief Judge Alvey in the Court below. *235is full, clear and satisfactory, and nothing we might say could add to its conclusiveness. We accordingly adopt that opinion as our own. It is, however, necessary to notice a question raised in the argument in this Court. It was suggested that the part of the decree which determines that the daughter of the testator took a fee in the realty devised, and an absolute interest in the personalty…
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