Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church v. Humphreys
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County (Page, C. J., Holland and Lloyd, JJ.) The third, fourth, fifth and seventh items of the will of Miss Willie F. Hooper, of Salisbury, were as follows : Item 3. I give and bequeath unto the Committee of the Wicomico Presbyterian Church, of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland, and their successors, two hundred and fifty dollars in trust, to invest the same and to collect the income therefrom, and to pay one-half of…
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County (Page, C. J., Holland and Lloyd, JJ.) The third, fourth, fifth and seventh items of the will of Miss Willie F. Hooper, of Salisbury, were as follows : Item 3. I give and bequeath unto the Committee of the Wicomico Presbyterian Church, of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland, and their successors, two hundred and fifty dollars in trust, to invest the same and to collect the income therefrom, and to pay one-half of such interest on the salary of the preacher in charge of said church; one-fourth of said interest to the Benevolent…
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
The question presented by these appeals arises on the construction of the will of the late Willie F. Hooper, of Wicomico County. Mrs. Margaret A. Humphreys, by her husband, filed a bill in'the Circuit Court for that county in which she alleged that the third, fourth and fifth clauses of her sister’s will are void. The defendants were duly summoned and answered. The case was heard by the Court below on the bill, answers and testimony, and after argument a decree was passed declaring that the third and fourth clauses are valid, so far as they relate to the provision therein respectively in…
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