Hiss v. Weik
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — The testimony having been closed on both sides, the plaintiff offered the two following prayers: 1. That if the jury find that Edward R. Ames was influenced by his daughter, Annie Ames Hiss, in making the disposition of his estate, shown by the will offered in evidence, and if they find that the extent of her influence over him in that respect was so great as to deprive him of…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — The testimony having been closed on both sides, the plaintiff offered the two following prayers: 1. That if the jury find that Edward R. Ames was influenced by his daughter, Annie Ames Hiss, in making the disposition of his estate, shown by the will offered in evidence, and if they find that the extent of her influence over him in that respect was so great as to deprive him of the power to dispose of his estate according to his own judgment and free will in reference to the amount and situation…
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, J.
There is but one bill of exception in the record now before us, and the chief question which it raises is whether there was legally sufficient evidence offered by the caveator, the appellee here, to justify the trial Court in submitting the case to the jury.
On May the sixth, 1879, the last will and testament of the late Bishop Ames, who died on April the twenty-fifth of that year, was admitted to probate by the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, and some twelve years thereafter his granddaughter, the appellee, upon attaining her majority, filed a caveat assailing is validity. Issues were…
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- Jones v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
- Davis v. CalvertCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1833
- Moore ex rel. Moore v. McDonaldCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1888
- Stirling v. StirlingCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1885
- Grove v. SpikerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1890
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- Meyerson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1942
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