Legal Opinion
Kent v. Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 14, 1961No. [No. 305, September Term, 1960.]PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHenderson, J.
W. Seton Belt executed his will in 1944, nominating the Safe Deposit & Trust Company of Baltimore as his executor, without designation of a successor. Conservators were appointed for his estate in 1957, and he died on December 6, 1959. On January 7, 1960, the Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Company, successor to the Safe Deposit & Trust Company by a merger effective in 1953, sent a copy of the will to Ellen S. Kent, first cousin to the testator and his closest known relative, with a letter stating its intention to offer the will for probate in the Orphans’ Court for Prince George’s County on…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hunter v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1928
- Martin G. Imbach, Inc. v. DeeganCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1955
- Edwards v. BruceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1855
- Stanley v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1898
- Watkins v. BarnesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1954
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