Trossbach v. Trossbach

Markell, J.;

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit between brothers. The defendants (appellants), husband and wife, stipulated that any evidence, sufficient to bind him to any agreement with the plaintiff shall bind her; she makes no separate claims. He will be referred to as the defendant. The plaintiff (appellee) is his brother.

The plaintiff’s wife, Mary, is his cousin, one of nine children of Henry Trossbach. Henry Trossbach owned a farm in St. Mary’s County. He died intestate January 3, 1930; his wife had died nine months before. At his death three of his children were minors,…