Bostetter v. Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home for the Aged, Inc.

This case comes to the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland from the Orphans’ Court for Washington County. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, hereinafter cited as “Courts Art.”, § 12-308 (a) (15);1 Courts Art. § 12-501.2 The keystone of the questions presented is whether a corporation, not chartered as a trust company, may be granted, and accept the grant of letters as personal *236representative3 in administrative4 or judicial5 probate. It is not a quotidian issue; at least, it seems that it has not been determined heretofore in the appellate courts of this State in the light of the…