Legal Opinion
Kunkel v. Macgill
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 18, 1881PublishedCited by 13 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County, in Equity. The bill in this case was filed by the appellants asking the construction of a clause of the will of Robert H. Macgill. The clause' is set out in the opinion of this Court. The Court below (Lynch, J.,) passed a decree dismissing the bill,- and the complainants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The controversy in this case arises upon the construction of the following bequest:
“ I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary E. Kunkel five thousand dollars Northern Central Railroad Bonds; also thirty shares of Frederick and Woodsborough Turnpike Road Company stock; also twenty shares of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company ; also five thousand dollars of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Bonds; also two hundred and thirty-seven shares of the Baltimore and Reisterstown Turnpike Road Company; also my sewing machine,”
The will was executed on the 18th of.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dryden v. OwingsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1878
3Cited by13 opinions
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- Douglass v. DouglassCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1898
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