Cox v. Handy
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court No. 2, of Baltimore City. The bill in this^case was filed on the 8th of July, 1891, by Henry Handy, Jane W. Justice, widow, Margaret H. Reeves, widow, and Julia J. Handy, feme sole, against William W. Handy, Mary H. Ellicott (infant children of Thomas P. Handy, deceased) and Erancis Ellicott, her husband, and Maria P. Handy, widow of Thomas P. Handy.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court No. 2, of Baltimore City. The bill in this^case was filed on the 8th of July, 1891, by Henry Handy, Jane W. Justice, widow, Margaret H. Reeves, widow, and Julia J. Handy, feme sole, against William W. Handy, Mary H. Ellicott (infant children of Thomas P. Handy, deceased) and Erancis Ellicott, her husband, and Maria P. Handy, widow of Thomas P. Handy. The object of the bill was the sale of certain reversions in fee simple, and sub-reversions of lots in the City of Baltimore, with tbe rents attached to them, which passed by the last will and testament of the late…
1Opinion of the Court · BryanBryan, J.
William W. Handy by his will devised and bequeathed certain real and personal property to his wife for life, and also made devises and bequests to his children. *121His will contained the following clause : “ It is my will that after the death of my wife, Mary Ann Handy, that all the property devised to her for life, except the house and lot hereinbefore devised to my son, Thomas P. Handy, after her death, and which is situate on St. Paul street, and the one thousand dollars of Baltimore City Stock devised to my said wife, which after her death is to be vested and go to my son Thomas, shall be…
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