Iglehart v. Kirwan
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Orphans Court of Dorchester county. The appellant in this case claimed the sum of $>162.07, with interest .thereon, from the 14th of September 1830, as legatee under the will of Samuel J. Meekins, who died in October 1854. The appellee resisted present payment of this claim, upon the grounds: — 1st. That according to the true construction of the will of his testator, this legacy was not to be paid, either wholly-or in part, during the life and widowhood of…
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Appeal from the Orphans Court of Dorchester county. The appellant in this case claimed the sum of $>162.07, with interest .thereon, from the 14th of September 1830, as legatee under the will of Samuel J. Meekins, who died in October 1854. The appellee resisted present payment of this claim, upon the grounds: — 1st. That according to the true construction of the will of his testator, this legacy was not to be paid, either wholly-or in part, during the life and widowhood of the testator’s widow, who, it was admitted, was still living unmarried; and 2nd. That no more than the principal of this…
1Opinion of the CourtTuck, J.
Samuel J. Meekins disposed of his property, by will, in the following words: “I give and bequeath all my real, personal and mixed property to my beloved wife, Eliza Caroline Meek-ins, during her natural life, provided she does not many again, but if she should marry again then she is to have one-third of my estate during her natural life, the balance of it to be equally divided among my children. Item. I give and bequeath unto the creditors of John Linthicum, late of Anne Arundel county, Maryland, deceased, a sum of money sufficient to make up their loss in his final account, as passed by Dr.…
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