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DONALDSON v. MER.-SAFE DEP. CO.

[No. 20, September Term, 1957.]

214 Md. 421 (1957)

135 A.2d 433

DONALDSON ET VIR. v. MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 29, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger B. Williams and Roger A. Clapp for the appellants.

Stuart S. Janney, Jr., and Arthur W. Machen, Jr., with whom were Venable, Baetjer & Howard on the brief, for the appellee.

The cause was argued before COLLINS, HENDERSON, HAMMOND and PRESCOTT, JJ.

COLLINS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves the question as to the proper allocation of stock between a life tenant and remaindermen.

The facts of the case are for the most part not disputed. Mr. Elias A. Blackshere died on October 20, 1908, leaving a last will and testament, dated October 7, 1904. By Item 1 he devised and bequeathed a life estate in all his property unto his wife, Harriet B. Blackshere. By Item 4 he devised and bequeathed...

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