Parker v. MacBryde

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

The validity of the exercise of a power of appointment under a will is the subject matter of these cases. Mary Donaldson, the testatrix and donor of the power of appointment, died in Baltimore on May 20, 1920, leaving a will dated March 20, 1917, duly probated, which, so far as material here, provided as follows: “Second. To my niece, Sara J. Parker, I give and bequeath the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) absolutely; and the additional sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) for and during her natural life and after her death I bequeath the said Ten Thousand Dollars…