Weller v. Sokol

This case combines a number of appeals from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City which construed the will of the late Arthur Nattans (Arthur Nattans I). While the appeal was originally taken to the Court of Special Appeals, we granted certiorari in order that it could be docketed in this Court.

Although the factual background and particularly the family pedigree are difficult to keep in mind, the case presents two relatively simple issues:(i) When a will directs a distribution on the death of the testator’s last surviving child among “issue and descendants” per stirpes of children…