Gosnell v. Leibman

This appeal is from a decree for specific performance of an agreement by appellant to purchase from appellees a lot of ground in Baltimore City, title to which was derived by appellee Anna Lacey Leibman under the will of her former husband, Anderson B. Lacey.

The contention of appellant is that Mrs. Leibman- did not take under the will a fee simple estate. The will, so far as it is pertinent to the present inquiry, is as follows:

“I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Anna W. Lacey my entire estate, real and personal, said estate consisting, at this time, mainly of my Eorestglen Park…