Chase v. Stockett
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeals from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, in Equity. The case will be found stated in the following opinion of Chief Judge Miller in the Court below : “By the bill and proceedings in this case, several questions of interest and importance are presented, arising out of the construction and effect of the will of Mrs. Hester Ann Ridout.
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Appeals from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, in Equity. The case will be found stated in the following opinion of Chief Judge Miller in the Court below : “By the bill and proceedings in this case, several questions of interest and importance are presented, arising out of the construction and effect of the will of Mrs. Hester Ann Ridout. The will was executed on the 24th of May, 1886, and the testatrix died on the 13th of December, 1888. By the will, which was admitted to probate on the 18th of December, 1888, the testatrix makes several devises of real estate, and gives a legacy of…
1Per curiam
We all agree that the decree in this case must be affirmed. The questions are fully considered and the authorities fully reviewed by the learned Judge in the opinion filed in the Court below. And we shall affirm the decree for the reasons stated, and upon the authorities relied on by the Judge below. What we have said will dispose of all the appeals taken from the same decree. The costs in both Courts will be paid out of the estate in the hands of the executors.
Decree affirmed, and cause remanded.
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