Billingsley v. Bradley

John Carson, a member of the bar of Baltimore City, died during the month of April, 1883, leaving a last will and codicil, wherein, after providing for the payment of his debts and funeral expenses, and making specific bequests of certain personal chattels, he created a trust of all the rest and residue of his estate, the pertinent provisions of which are as follows:

“Fourth: All the rest and residue of my entire estate of every sort and description, and wheresoever situate, I give and devise, absolutely and forever to Thomas M. Lanahan and my son John Carson, Jr., and their survivor, his…