Chalkwater v. Dolly

WILNER, Chief Judge.

When Henrietta Stegmaier died on November 19, 1993, she owned 2,381 shares of stock in First Financial Corporation of Western Maryland along with options to purchase an additional 2,070 shares at $10/share. Her Will, dated April 6, 1993, contained the following bequest:

“The following shares of common stock of First Financial Corporation of Western Maryland:(i) Two Thousand Shares (2,000) to Rosemary Diaz;(ii) One Thousand Shares (1,000) to Wanda Dolly;

*542(iii) Four Hundred Fifty Shares (450) to Barbara Nies, for her friendship to me and the dogs.”

The Will did not mention the…