Brown v. Ward
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Howard County. Jane Bay, a resident of Baltimore City, died 4th July, 1876, and certain paper-writings being propounded in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City as her last will and codicils thereto, a caveat was filed by the appellant, a nephew and one of the heirs-at-law of the deceased.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Howard County. Jane Bay, a resident of Baltimore City, died 4th July, 1876, and certain paper-writings being propounded in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City as her last will and codicils thereto, a caveat was filed by the appellant, a nephew and one of the heirs-at-law of the deceased. Issues were made up and sent for trial to the Baltimore City Court, from which, upon the suggestion of the defendants, the executors, they were removed to the Circuit Court for Howard County, where the trial was had. The case is further stated in the opinion of the Court.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrent, J.
This appeal is from the rulings of the Circuit Court for Howard County, in the trial of issues from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City, involving the validity of the will and two codicils thereto of Miss Jane Bay, deceased.
The issues are nine in number. The first, second and third are directed to the will, the fourth, fifth and sixth to the first codicil, and the seventh, eighth and ninth to the last codicil. The first, fourth and seventh involve the due execution of these papers respectively, the second, fifth and eighth present the question of testamentary capacity, and the third, sixth…
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