MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
We consider here the effect upon jointly held real and personal property of the unlawful slaying of a wife by a husband who, within the hour, committed suicide. Also involved is a question of interpretation of a common disaster clause in the husband's will.
In a declaratory judgment proceeding brought by the personal representative of the husband's estate, the trial court (Getty, J.) held that under Maryland law...
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