Weybright v. Powell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a pro forma decree of the Circuit Court for Carroll County, by which it was adjudged “that the words ‘ dies without bodily heirs,’ in the following clause of John Weybright’s will, now before this Court for construction, viz : ‘ Item.—Nevertheless, the said Emma S. Weybright dies without bodily heirs, my will is then that said real estate and personal property thus described shall relapse to my son, Samuel Weybright, and his heirs, for their purpose and benefit,…
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Appeal from a pro forma decree of the Circuit Court for Carroll County, by which it was adjudged “that the words ‘ dies without bodily heirs,’ in the following clause of John Weybright’s will, now before this Court for construction, viz : ‘ Item.—Nevertheless, the said Emma S. Weybright dies without bodily heirs, my will is then that said real estate and personal property thus described shall relapse to my son, Samuel Weybright, and his heirs, for their purpose and benefit, but not until her mother’s death,’ vests in the said Emma Weybright, now the wife of William H. Powell, an absolute…
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, J.
This is an appeal from a pro forma decree construing the last will and testament of John Weybright, which was executed in 1887. The testator bequeathed to his wife one *575thousand dollars, in cash, and certain goods and chattels absolutely, and eighteen shares of stock in the First National Bank of Westminster, Md., for her use and benefit during her natural life. He also devised to her, for life, certain real estate. He left to his son, the appellant, four thousand dollars subject to a deduction for money due by him; and to his daughter, the appellee, he gave the real estate and bank stock left…
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