Griffith v. Diffenderffer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. This case was tried before a jury, upon issues sent for trial from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, in the matter of the paper writings offered of probate, as the last will and testament of Sarah Ann Griffith, deceased, and as a codicil to the last will and testament of the said decedent.
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. This case was tried before a jury, upon issues sent for trial from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, in the matter of the paper writings offered of probate, as the last will and testament of Sarah Ann Griffith, deceased, and as a codicil to the last will and testament of the said decedent. Of the eight issues sent to the Baltimore City Court on the application of the appellees, under a caveat by them to the said will and codicil, the second and sixth were the only ones submitted to the jury, the others having been withdrawn by the caveators. They are…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
Certain paper-writings, purporting to be a will of Sarah Ann Griffith, deceased, dated the 20th of December, 1875, and a codicil attached thereto, dated the 7th of March, 1876, were offered for probate, in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City.
By these papers, the testatrix gave to her • daughters Emma Coleman and Sarah Ann Ruddach, one thousand dollars each, and after the payment of certain legacies of about ten thousand dollars to other persons, she gave the rest of her property, amounting to at least one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, to her son David Griffith, and her daughters Mary…
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