Lemonnier v. Godfroid's Adm'rs
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from it decree of the orphans court of JBattimore [ county, upon the petition of the appellees»- ágainst ihe ; appellant, as guardian of William Godfroid, junior, whom 'they represent as administrators; William Godfroid', ths father of William Godfroid, junior, died in April Í818, 'having in November 1817 made his willj in which he declares William Godfroid, junior, to be his son, saying that , he was then about 14 years of age, and bequeaths t‘6 him* in the manner…
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Appeal from it decree of the orphans court of JBattimore [ county, upon the petition of the appellees»- ágainst ihe ; appellant, as guardian of William Godfroid, junior, whom 'they represent as administrators; William Godfroid', ths father of William Godfroid, junior, died in April Í818, 'having in November 1817 made his willj in which he declares William Godfroid, junior, to be his son, saying that , he was then about 14 years of age, and bequeaths t‘6 him* in the manner hereafter to be Stated, the fund which is thé subject of the claim of the appellees in their petition.* In 1821 of 1822,…
1Opinion of the CourtStephen, J.
In '.November 1817, William Godfroid made his last will and testament in writing, which contains the following clauses ‘‘1 order my executor hereafter named, to reserve from *474my estate thé sum óf six thousand dollars, as a legacy tc be paid to 'William Godfroid, aged about fourteen year!', and christened under that name at Savanna, in the month of May or June 1804, which youth I acknowledge to be my natural son. I order my executor to invest thé said sum of six thousand dollars, in siich way as to produce ah interest for the support and maintenance of the said William Godfroid, until he is of…
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