Key v. Key
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County. In Equity. (Camalier., J.) Tlie facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, J.
This case presents for consideration the question of the validity vel non of Chapter 325 of thei Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1916, and if valid, a proper construction of the Act itself.
The precise question to be determined isi, what interest and estate does the surviving widow, the appellee in this case, take under the Act in the real estate of her deceased husband at the date of his death, that is., is she entitled as heir to onetliird of the real estate in fee simple belonging" to her husband at the date of his death or has she a life estate only in one-third thereof.
The Act…
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