Legal Opinion
Mayor of Baltimore v. Peabody Institute
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 29, 1938No. [No. 59, April Term, 1938.]PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSloan, J.
J. Wilson Leakin, of Baltimore, died December 26th, 1922, leaving a last will and testament wherein, amongst numerous devises and bequests, there was this devise: “I leave to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore the properties 101-103 N. Howard Street. 113-115 W. Fayette Street. Five years after my decease, the said properties to be sold and the proceeds invested in a public park.”
The City of Baltimore has filed a bill against Susan D. Leakin, sister and sole heir at law of the testator, and The Peabody Institute of Baltimore, residuary legatee and devisee, wherein it says that it proposes…
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