Ward v. Poor
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Cross-appeals from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. The will and codicils referred to in the opinion of the Court . are as follows: The Will of Elizabeth Blincoe Hooff. John M. Johnson, ' Mrs. E. B. Hooff Attorney at law.
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Cross-appeals from the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City. The will and codicils referred to in the opinion of the Court . are as follows: The Will of Elizabeth Blincoe Hooff. John M. Johnson, ' Mrs. E. B. Hooff Attorney at law. Alexandria, Va., December 15, 1888. I, Elizabeth Blincoe Hooff do give to my daughter, Bettie Rosa Hooff, all of my property by this my last will and if she should die without marrying and leaving an heir she I desire to give what may be left to some one of my blood relatives if they are kind as below. Elizabeth B. Hooff. Witness John M. Johnson, Lewis McKewsie, George…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
Henry T. Ward and others filed a caveat in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City to the will of Elizabeth B. Hooff, and also filed a petition asking that thirty-nine issues should be sent to a Court of law for trial. Harry T. Poor and others being all the caveatees except one, Upton Beall, answered the caveat and proposed seventeen issues to be sent to a Court of law. Upton Beall filed a separate answer. It does not appear from the record that he proposed any specific issues, though his counsel states in his brief that issues asked for by him were granted. What the record shows is that the…
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