DAVIS v. MERCANTILE TRUST CO.

[No. 77, October Term, 1954.]

206 Md. 278 (1955)

111 A.2d 602

DAVIS ET AL. v. MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY ET AL. (Two Appeals in One Record)

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing, filed March 9, 1955.

Denied March 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Ross Veazey and Clayton A. Dietrich, with whom were Markell, Veazey & Gans, on the brief, for Liselotte Davis, Guardian Ad Litem, appellant.

Franklin G. Allen, with whom were Piper & Marbury, on the brief for Louis Cohen, Guardian Ad Litem for Sandra Lee Davis, appellant.

Edmund P. Dandridge, Jr., with whom were Venable, Baetjer & Howard, on the brief, for Louis Cohen, Guardian Ad Litem for George Marion Sisk, appellee.

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


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

On a bill filed by trustees for the construction of the will of S. Griffith Davis, deceased, it was held that George Marion Sisk is entitled to a share in the income of the trust created therein for certain relatives including the seven great-nephews and great-nieces of the testator, and that Sandra Lee Davis, a great-niece born out of wedlock after the execution of the will...

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