SHIVES v. BORGMAN

[No 30, October Term, 1949.]

194 Md. 29 (1949)

69 A.2d 802

SHIVES ET AL. v. BORGMAN

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 7, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Aubrey Kemp, with whom was Martin V.B. Bostetter on the brief, for the appellants.

John A. Latimer, Jr., and Evan McC. Crossley for the appellee.

The cause was argued before MARBURY, C.J., DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, GRASON, HENDERSON, and MARKELL, JJ.


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

This suit was brought in the Circuit Court for Washington County to specifically enforce an oral contract. Complainant, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Borgman, alleged that she entered into the contract with Charles S. Shives, deceased, who agreed to make a will leaving her his entire estate.

Decedent died intestate on December 18, 1947, leaving personal property valued at $280...

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