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PURIFOY v. MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST CO.

Civ. A. No. N-72-1040.

398 F.Supp. 1082 (1975)

Carolyn Bauernschmidt PURIFOY et al. v. MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY, Trustee, et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

March 20, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Nicholas Shriver, Jr., William A. Snyder, Jr., and Ober, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, Md. (and Ben R. Miller, Baton Rouge, La., of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Robert M. Thomas, Alexander I. Lewis, III, and Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., for defendant Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Co., as Trustee.

Daniel H. Honemann, Walter E. Black, Jr., and Clapp, Somerville, Black & Honemann, Baltimore, Md., for defendants Bauernschmidt, Thompson, Bauernschmidt, Murray, Roberts, Bartlett, Requardt and Valiant.

Allan H. Fisher, Jr., of Baltimore, Md., for defendant Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Co., as Trustee.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NORTHROP, Chief Judge.

This case arises upon plaintiffs' request for declaratory judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(a) and 2201. Plaintiffs seek a decree from this Court declaring that the terms "child," "children," "descendants," and similar terms, as used in the five trust instruments at issue in this proceeding, include plaintiff Carolyn Bauernschmidt Purifoy, the lawfully adopted child of William Bauernschmidt, Jr....

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