Conner v. Waring
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. Charles Torrance died in 1822, leaving a will duly executed to pass real estate, hy which he devised to his-wife, Elizabeth Torrance, during her natural life, the whole of his estate, real and personal, and then directed as follows : “And as to what shall become of it after her decease, I do hereby authorize and empower my said wife, Elizabeth, hy deed, will or otherwise, to give, grant, convey, devise or dispose of my said…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. Charles Torrance died in 1822, leaving a will duly executed to pass real estate, hy which he devised to his-wife, Elizabeth Torrance, during her natural life, the whole of his estate, real and personal, and then directed as follows : “And as to what shall become of it after her decease, I do hereby authorize and empower my said wife, Elizabeth, hy deed, will or otherwise, to give, grant, convey, devise or dispose of my said estate unto and among all or such of my children, or their issue, in such manner and proportion, and for such term and…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
The only question presented on this appeal is, what is the proper mode of distribution of a certain fund, now in the hands of trustees, raised from real estate devised by the wills of Charles Torrance, and Elizabeth Torrance, his widow, and which had been held in trust for Louisa Torrance, late deceased, one of the children and devisees of the said Charles and Elizabeth.
The wills of both the father and the mother were construed by the Court of Appeals, in the case-of Torrance vs. Torrance, et al., 4 Md., 11; and while it is contended on both sides that the decision in that case has settled…
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