Legal Opinion
Maught v. Getzendanner
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 24, 1886PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County, in. Equity. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The decree pro forma, from which this appeal is taken, •annuls the residuary clause, in the will of George Richards, In this will the testator, after giving a large number of pecuniary legacies to his relatives and next of kin, gives the sum of §10 to the Reverend II. G. Bowers, and immediately following this last legacy is the clause in ■question, which reads as follows:
“ I give and bequeath and devise unto the Reverend H. G. Bowers, of Jefferson, Maryland, all the rest and residue of my estate, and desire him to use and appropriate the same for such religious and charitable purposes and ob*532je…
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