Schull v. Murray
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. This appeal was taken from an order of the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore city, dismissing the caveat of George Schull, a lunatic, by his committee, to the probate of two papers purporting to be last wills of his mother, Margaret Ludeking, executed the one on the 15th of July, 1863, the other on the 25th of April, 1864. By the first will the testatrix’s brother, George ‘Huppman, and her nephew, Nicholas A. Huppman, were…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. This appeal was taken from an order of the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore city, dismissing the caveat of George Schull, a lunatic, by his committee, to the probate of two papers purporting to be last wills of his mother, Margaret Ludeking, executed the one on the 15th of July, 1863, the other on the 25th of April, 1864. By the first will the testatrix’s brother, George ‘Huppman, and her nephew, Nicholas A. Huppman, were appointed executors; by the second or last will, which contained a clause revoking all former wills, the'appellee, John P.…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This appeal is from an order of the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City dismissing a caveat filed by a lunatic son, by his committee, to the probate of two papers, purporting to be wills of his mother, executed, the one on the 15th of July, 1863, and the other on the 25th of April, 1864. The latter contains a clause revoking all former wills, and if entitled to probate, the case before us is determined.
At the time this instrument ivas executed, the testratrix was a married woman, and the first objection is that it was not made with the assent of her husband, and that the property thereby…
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