Legal Opinion
Hebden v. Keim
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 19, 1950No. [No. 204, October Term, 1949.]PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
The purpose of this suit is to construe the will of Mrs. Sallie May Carter, a resident of Caroline County, who died in September, 1921. The suit was filed by the Denton National Bank, administrator d.b.n. c.t.a. of her estate.
Mrs. Carter executed her will on April 3, 1919. At that time she was 59. Her only heirs at law were her husband, Edward B. Carter, 61, and an unmarried brother, Caleb Scattergood, 67. The clause to be construed bequeathes the sum of $8,000 to her husband for life, and then provides: “and from and after his death, I give, devise, and bequeath said sum of $8,000 to my…
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