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MADDEN v. MERC.-SAFE DEP. & TR. CO.

No. 803, September Term, 1974.

27 Md. App. 17 (1975)

339 A.2d 340

PETER H. MADDEN ET AL. v. MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE, ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 12, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter H. Madden in proper person. Clarke Murphy, Jr., and Peter Parker for other appellants.

H. Vernon Eney and J. Cookman Boyd, Jr., with whom were Lee M. Miller, Judith A. Armold, Nell B. Strachan and Venable, Baetjer & Howard on the brief, for appellee Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company.

Rignal W. Baldwin, Thomas Waxter, Jr., and A. MacDonough Plant, with whom were Semmes, Bowen & Semmes on the brief, for other appellees.

The cause was argued before MORTON, POWERS and GILBERT, JJ.

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

This case involves the Pimlico Race Track and the law of trusts. A prologue to the litigation now before us could, in the right hands, make a thoroughly enchanting historical novel. The present case, and other litigation which arose as the Hammond Trust approached or arrived at its termination, could furnish the material for a fascinating documentary.

Because it is beyond our competence to achieve either of those...

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