Strasburg v. Clark

RODOWSKY, Judge.

In this case the trial court denied a surviving spouse who had elected an intestate share in the deceased spouse’s estate equitable enforcement of an oral contract to devise an interest in realty. After concluding that the contract did not limit the electing spouse, the Court of Special Appeals reversed. Clark v. Strasburg, 79 Md.App. 406, 556 A.2d 1167 (1989). As explained below, we agree with the chancellor.

Petitioner, Anne H. Strasburg, is the personal representative of the estate of her mother, Margaret H.S. Clark (Margaret), who died May 19,1986. Margaret was survived by…