WESLEY HOME v. MERC.-SAFE DEP. & TR.

[No. 239, September Term, 1971.]

265 Md. 185 (1972)

289 A.2d 337

THE WESLEY HOME, INC., ET AL. v. MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY, SURVIVING TRUSTEE U/W OF VIRGINIA VAN RENSSELAER JACQUES ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert S. Barr, III, and G. Van Velsor Wolf with whom were Piper & Marbury on the brief, for appellants The Wesley Home, Inc., and The Home For Incurables of Baltimore City.

Carlyle Barton, Jr., with whom were Barrett W. Freedlander and Guy B. Brown on the brief, for appellants Mary Houston Dickey, etc. et al.

J. Cookman Boyd, Jr., with whom were Frank M. Benson, Jr. and Rob Ross Hendrickson on the brief for appellees The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Baltimore Area and The Anchorage of Baltimore City.

No brief filed for appellee Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Co., surviving trustee u/w of Virginia Van Rensselaer Jacques, deceased.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and McWILLIAMS, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ., and ROBERT F. SWEENEY, Chief Judge of the District Court of Maryland, specially assigned.


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

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Perrott, J.), filed June 24, 1971, in an action instituted by Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company, sole surviving trustee under the Will of Virginia Van Rensselaer Jacques, deceased.

The events culminating in the present appeal began on August 11, 1911, when Mrs. Jacques died leaving a Will that had been executed on February 11, 1911...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases