In Re Estate of Snyder

This case arises through a bill of complaint instituted by a trustee in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, asking for a construction of the residuary clause of the will of John Henry Snyder of Charles. This will was executed on July 22, 1911, and the testator died October 15, 1919.

It is important in the decision of the questions raised to note the situation of the testator at the time he made his will. He was then a widower, 82 years old. He had two living children, Andrew C. Snyder, then 53 years old, and a daughter, Elizabeth H. Webb, who was 58 years old. Andrew C. Snyder had had one…