Russell v. Werntz
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County (Jones, J.) dismissing the appellant’s bill for specific performance of a contract of purchase made by the appellee.
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
Jesse Russell, being seized and possessed of real and personal property, died in the year 1894. He left a will, in which, after providing for debts and funeral expenses, he makes “ distribution ” of his estate by two paragraphs : first, he bequeaths to his son George W. Russell, the sum of $800, to be paid out of a certain policy of life insurance; the second is as follows:
“ Item second. I bequeath unto my present wife, Virginia Russell, all the residue of my estate, including all my property, both real, personal or mixed, to have and to hold and dispose off (sic) as she may see fit, while…
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