Combs v. Scharf

On January 2, 1921, Eliza Combs died, leaving as her heirs at law a son and the four children of a deceased daughter. The son, Henry Combs, is the sole beneficiary of a will of his mother, dated October 29th, 1918, which has been admitted to probate. On June 26, 1917, the testatrix had conveyed by deed to Frank, Adam, and Peter J. Scharf, sons of her deceased daughter, Kosa Scharf, a farm in the suburbs of Baltimore, containing about twenty-four acres, in which the grantor reserved a life estate. Nearly three years later Mrs. Combs executed a deed for1 the same property to her son Henry and…