Devecmon v. Devecmon
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from tlie Orphans’ Court of Allegany County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Very little importance is to be attached to the declarations of the deceased, as to the disposition he intended or had made by the will of his estate.
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Appeal from tlie Orphans’ Court of Allegany County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Very little importance is to be attached to the declarations of the deceased, as to the disposition he intended or had made by the will of his estate. Pemberton vs. Pemberton, 13 Vesey, 301; Colvin vs. Fraser, 2 Hagg., 150; Daniel vs. Nockolds, 3 Hagg., 777. The will in controversy is not a good will, even of personal property, unless it can be shewn affirmatively that the testator intended it to operate in its unfinished condition ; the paper is upon its face incomplete and unfinished, and as…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Orphans' Court of Allegany County, admitting to probate a paper purporting to be the last will and testament of William Devecrnon, deceased, who died on the 4th of April, 1875. The paper was admitted to probate as valid and sufficient to pass chattels, both real and personal.
The record presents two questions for determination. 1st, Whether the paper in question, dated the 15th of July, 1867, is a good and valid testamentary disposition of the persona] estate of the deceased ; and, 2ndly, whether, if the paper be sufficient to pass the personal estate,…
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