Hoppe v. Byers
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The single issue transmitted for trial in this cáse was whether a certain paper-writing propounded for probate on the 19th of September, 1881, by Eliza Ann Byers, wife of John G. Byers, as the will or testament of John Henry Hoppe, was written or signed by him, or signed by some other person in his presence or by his express direction ?
Mr. Hoppe died in January, 1881, at the age of eighty-one years, leaving personal estate valued at about $121,000, and real estate worth about $38,000. He left a widow and ■ six grandchildren, children of a deceased son who had died in December, 1811, his sole…
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