Stokeley v. Gordon
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. Ejectment by the appellees against the appellant for a house and lot in the city of Baltimore. Plea, non cut. 1st Exception.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. Ejectment by the appellees against the appellant for a house and lot in the city of Baltimore. Plea, non cut. 1st Exception. The property in question belonged to Mrs. Ann Craig, who died in August 1848, leaving a will, executed on the 10th of May 1843, by which she devised the house and lot, now in controversy, “unto Anna Maria German, (wife of Jonathan German.) to her, the said Anna Maria German, her heirs and assigns, in fee-simple.” The will, also, contains a bequest of railroad stock, and another of specific artioles of silver to “Anna…
1Opinion of the Court
Mason, J.,
delivered the following opinion:
In what cases, and to what extent, parol testimony is admissible to explain ambiguities in wills, or to ascertain the intention of the testator dehors the will itself, are questions, the determination of which has ever been attended with the greatest difficulty. To this class of questions does the one presented upon this appeal belong. *. On the trial below it was admitted that Mrs. Craig, the testatrix, was seized of the real estate in controversy, and that *505by her will, duly executed, she devised the same “to Anna Maria German, wife of Jonathan…
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