Legal Opinion

Fitzpatrick v. Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided September 11, 2001No. [No. 11, September Term, 1959.]Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

220 Md. 534 (1959)

155 A.2d 702

FITZPATRICK ET AL.

v.

MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT & TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE ETC.

[No. 11, September Term, 1959.]

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 16, 1959.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.

L. Franklin Gerber, Jr., with whom were Charles E. Orth, Jr., and Orth, Orth & Gerber on the brief, for the appellants.

Albert F. Wheltle and Eugene A. Alexander, III, for the appellee.

2Opinion of the Court · PrescottPrescott, J.

This appeal is the natural sequel to Hawkins v. Ghent, 154 Md. 261, 140 A. 212, wherein it was held that the primary life estates created…

3Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Herzog v. . Title Guarantee Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
  2. Graham v. WhitridgeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1904
  3. Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. SheehanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1935
  4. In Re the Accounting of TownsendNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  5. Lamkin v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1949

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