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GILBERT v. FINDLAY COLLEGE

[No. 191, October Term, 1949.]

195 Md. 508 (1950)

74 A.2d 36

GILBERT, EXECUTOR, ET AL. v. FINDLAY COLLEGE ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 8, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Neal Parke, and D. Eugene Walsh, with whom was Charles O. Fisher on the brief, for the appellants.

Theodore F. Brown, with whom was A. Earl Shipley on the brief, for the appellees.

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

MARBURY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Alva C. Garner died on February 27, 1947, leaving a last will and testament which is the cause of the controversy in this case. By the first five paragraphs of his will he made pecuniary bequests to various legatees, and then by the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th paragraphs he made bequests in identical form, three of which are before us in this case. Paragraph 6 is as follows: "I

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