Legal Opinion
Fletcher v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 28, 1949No. [No. 181, October Term, 1948.]PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarkell, J.
This is an appeal from a decree assuming jurisdiction over the distribution of the residuary trust estate under the will of Thomas H. Brodwater, construing his will and directing distribution.
Brodwater, a native of Accomack County, Virginia, died on March 7, 1923, in Paris, leaving a will dated September 15, 1913 and a codicil dated July 26, 1917, in which he declared himself a citizen of Baltimore, “temporarily residing in a foreign country”. His will was probated and his estate administered in Baltimore.
By the will he gave the residue of his estate to Safe Deposit and Trust Company, in…
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