Willoner v. Davis

Albert H. Davis, late of Montgomery County, departed this life on January 19, 1973. Mr. Davis left a widow, three natural children by a prior marriage, an adopted son who is the natural child of Mr. Davis’s widow, an estate valued in excess of $400,000, and a will executed thirty-two months prior to his death and prior to the adoption decree. Interpretation of the will by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County sitting as an Orphans’ Court, in the light of then Md. Ann. Code art. 93, § 3-301 * 1 has given rise to the instant appeal.

The record shows that the decedent’s personal representatives…