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REGISTER OF WILLS v. STERLING

[No. 246, September Term, 1971.]

264 Md. 638 (1972)

287 A.2d 771

REGISTER OF WILLS FOR SOMERSET COUNTY v. STERLING ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 7, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Oken, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Francis B. Buroh, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

Alexander G. Jones, with whom was Henry P. Walters on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, FINAN, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.

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

Joseph Coulbourne Sterling, appellee, initiated this declaratory judgment action in the Circuit Court for Somerset County against the personal representative of his deceased uncle's estate. He asked that the court declare his receipt of various shares of stock in well known corporations, a present from the decedent during the donor's lifetime, to be a valid inter vivos gift. This claim is not disputed either by...

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