Rhein v. Wheltle

This proceeding was brought in the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City by Albert F. Wheltle, one of the three executors of the estate of Laura V. King, deceased, to determine whether a bequest of $12,000 which she made by her will in 1948 to Herbert K. Ireland was adeemed by a gift of $12,000 which she made to him in 1949.

The proceeding was filed under the section of the Maryland Testamentary Law which provides that any executor may petition the Orphans’ Court for a meeting of persons entitled to legacies or the residue of the testator’s estate on some day named by the Court, and payment may be…