Shamberger v. Dessel

This appeal involves a construction of the last will and testament of Gertrude Dessel Kratsch, who died on September 17, 1960, a resident of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Due principally to caveat proceedings and other litigation after her death, 1 certain income, interest, and appreciation accrued to her estate before distribution, 2 and the executors, being uncertain as to the proper disposition to be made thereof, filed suit praying the court’s instructions relative thereto. After the chancellor decreed that the non-residuary legatees (named in Item Two of the will, infra) were entitled…