Legal Opinion
Board of Foreign Missions of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Shoemaker
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 16, 1919PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Cross-appeals from the Circuit Court for Carroll County. In Equity. (Moss, J.) The appeals were argued together before Boyd, C. J., Briscoe, Burke, Thomas, Pattison, Urner, Stockbridge and Constable, JJ.
1Opinion of the CourtUrner, J.
There are cross-appeals in this case from a decree construing and applying certain provisions of the will of Samuel C. Shoemaker, late of Carroll County.
After making a bequest of $400.00 to a brother, and devising and bequeathing the remainder of his estate to his wife during her life, with power of sale for the purposes of reinvestment, the testator provided by the third item of his will, as follows:
“Should my wife, Mary M. Shoemaker, possess the house and lot in Harney, Carroll County, Maryland, at her death, it is my wish to give the said house and lot to 'the Church Council of Saint…
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