PENMAN v. AYERS

[No. 99, September Term, 1959.]

221 Md. 154 (1959)

156 A.2d 638

PENMAN v. AYERS

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 15, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Robb for the appellant.

James S. Getty for the appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.


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

The question here is this: can an illegitimate son inherit real and personal property from his deceased half-brother who was a legitimate son of the same mother? The Orphans' Court for Allegany County held that he could not, the Circuit Court for that County affirmed this decision, and the illegitimate son, Andrew Penman, took this appeal. The appellee, George W. Ayers, is the...

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