Crow v. Hubard
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court.of Baltimore City. John T. Crow, late of Baltimore City, who had been twice a widower, intermarried in February, 1881, with Susan W. Hubard, and on the 23rd of March of the same year died suddenly, leaving his widow, the said Susan, and Ida Crow, a daughter by his second marriage.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court.of Baltimore City. John T. Crow, late of Baltimore City, who had been twice a widower, intermarried in February, 1881, with Susan W. Hubard, and on the 23rd of March of the same year died suddenly, leaving his widow, the said Susan, and Ida Crow, a daughter by his second marriage. John T. Crow left a will made in January, 1874, which, was admitted to probate on the 5th of April, 1881. By this will he made his daughter Ida, sole devisee and legatee of his estate ; and although no executor was named in the will, the Orphans’ Court granted letters testamentary to…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This is a controversy about a watch which the appellee claims to have been selected from the personal property of John T. Crow, deceased, by virtue of sec. 291 of Art. 95 of the Code. The testatrix of the appellee was the widow of John T. Crow, and as such claimed the right to select from his estate personal property to the amount of $150; • and it is now claimed by her executor, that among the property so selected, was the watch in controversy. The appellant denies as a matter of fact, that Mrs. Susan Crow in her life-time did select the watch, and insists as a .matter of law, that she had…
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