CEPHALIS v. BRISCOE

[No. 155, October Term, 1952.]

202 Md. 419 (1953)

96 A.2d 602

CEPHALIS, ETC. v. BRISCOE, ADMINISTRATOR

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 15, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion A. Figinski, for appellant.

Edward W. Kreutzer, for appellee.

The cause was argued before SOBELOFF, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.


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

The question to be answered in this appeal from the Orphans' Court of Baltimore City is whether a boy over eighteen, but under twenty-one, has the legal capacity to be named administrator of his father's estate.

Anthony Cephalis died, intestate, on May 26, 1952, survived by only one child, Stanley, who was then over eighteen years of age. The decedent and his wife were divorced at the time of his death, and...

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