Kennard v. Bernard

Briscoe, J.,.

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The controversy in this case involves the construction of certain. clauses of the last will and testament of Samuel S. Clayton, late of Baltimore City, deceased.

The material facts' as disclosed by the record and upon which the questions to be decided arise, are as follows:

Mr. Clayton died in January, 1896, leaving real and personal estate of large value, located in Maryland and Virginia. A portion of this property he owned jointly with a son, James E. Clayton. By the fourth clause of his will he devised as follows : “As to all the rest and…