Legal Opinion

Thomas v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 18, 1891PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Appeals from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The decree from which the first and second appeals were taken, declared that if Mrs. Thomas should die without issue living at the time of her death, her share should pass to, and he vested in, the children of Mrs. Levering and Mrs. Thom. The case is stated in the opinion of this Court.

1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.

The principal questions presented for consideration in two of the appeals before us are, first, whether the will of the late William H. D. C. Wright was revoked by the codicils thereto; and if not,what is the true construction of the will and codicils standing together ?

The third appeal, which by agreement, was heard with the two just mentioned presents the single question as to the validity of the decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City of the 19th of July, 1865, passed in a cause in which Clintonia Gr. May and others were plaintiffs and Samuel S. Levering and others were defendants.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Horne v. LyethCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1818
  2. Johns Hopkins University v. PinckneyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1881
  3. Lee v. PindleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1842

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Fong Sik Leung, as Guardian Ad Litem for Fong Gar Hong v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
  2. Brisbin v. HuntingtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  3. Swope v. SwopeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  4. County Commissioners v. United Railways & Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1909
  5. Tyson v. TysonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896

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