Brengle v. Tucker

Charles A. Tucker, of Frederick County, died in the Hebrew Hospital in Baltimore City on the 26th of July, 1910, possessed of quite a large estate consisting of real and personal property. On the afternoon of July 25th, 1910, he wrote and signed a paper in the following words, which he immediately delivered to Bennie S. Brengle, the appellant: “In the event of my death the houses and ground rents shall revert to Bennie Brengle, of Frederick. The balance in' Frederick, Md., to be shared outside to the cousins in Cumberland, Md.”

This paper writing was witnessed and subscribed by F. H. Hermann,…