Brewer v. Barrett
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. On the 19th clay of October, 1881, Luke Z. Barrett, John J. Barrett and Maria T. Yandaniker filed in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore city, a petition alleging that Joseph Victory died in February, 1881, unmarried, intestate, and without issue, leaving Catherine Barrett, the mother of the petitioners, and Julia M. Brewer and Elizabeth M. Sullivan, his only heirs at law and next of kin; that Catherine Barrett died in June,…
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. On the 19th clay of October, 1881, Luke Z. Barrett, John J. Barrett and Maria T. Yandaniker filed in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore city, a petition alleging that Joseph Victory died in February, 1881, unmarried, intestate, and without issue, leaving Catherine Barrett, the mother of the petitioners, and Julia M. Brewer and Elizabeth M. Sullivan, his only heirs at law and next of kin; that Catherine Barrett died in June, 1881, a widow, intestate, leaving said petitioners her only living issue, heirs at law and next of kin; and that letters of…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
One of the questions presented for our consideration upon this appeal, is the form of the issues sent from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City to the Court of Common Pleas for trial. These issues are as.follows :
1st. Whether said paper writing, dated the 20th day of February, 1881, purporting to be the last will and testament of J oseph Victory, was signed by the said J oseph Victory, or by some other person in his jiresence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in his presence by three or four credible witnesses ?
^ 2d. Whether the said paper writing was executed hy the…
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