Zimmerman v. Hafer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a pro forma decree of the Circuit Court for Washington County dismissing the appellant’s bill of complaint. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from a pro forma decree of the Circuit Court for Washington County dismissing the appellant’s bill of complaint. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The will of John Bitner, duly admitted to probate, under which the appellant claimed title to the property in question, was as follows, after the introductory clause : “ Whereas, I have this day made and executed a deed conveying to J. Monroe Zimmerman the farm whereon I now reside, I do hereby give and bequeath unto him, the said James Monroe Zimmerman, all my personal property of whatever description and wheresoever situate.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, J.
On the twenty-second day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, John Bitner made, executed and duly acknowledged a deed of gift conveying to James Monroe Zimmerman a valuable farm lying in Washington County ; and afterwards, on the same day, he executed and published his last will and testament, whose exact words and provisions, in so far as they relate to the pending controversy, will be set forth in full later on. Five days after the execution of these two instruments Bitner died. Shortly thereafter the deed was placed on record, and then the sister and other heirs at law of the…
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