Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Register of Wills

Edward F. Burke died domiciled in Baltimore County, Mary*313land, on 23 December 1915, survived by his widow, and three children: Randolph Forrest Burke, Edwin (sometimes called Edward) Winslow Burke, and Madeleine Forrest Burke, later Madeleine Forrest Burke King. By the terms of his will he left the residue of his estate, amounting to some $198,000, in trust, income to be paid to his widow for life, the remainder to be divided at her death among such of his children as survived her. There were other limitations not pertinent to the issue before us. The widow, who had remarried, and at the time…