Gary v. Carson

On October 2, 1893, Enoch Pratt executed his will, the seventh clause of which was in the following words:

“I give and bequeath the sum of twelve thousand ($12,000) dollars to be by my executors equally divided among the cashier, inside watchman and clerks of the National Farmers and Planters’ Bank of Baltimore who are now in its service, provided they respectively remain in its service at the time of my death.”

On the 15th of March, 1894, the testator made a codicil -to his will by which he appoinled Arnold 8. Hyde as one of his executors in the place of Mr. Henry Janes, deceased, who was one…