PURIFOY v. MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT & TRUST CO.

Nos. 75-1691 and 75-1692.

567 F.2d 268 (1977)

Carolyn Bauernschmidt PURIFOY, etc., et al., Appellees, v. MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY, Trustee, etc., et al., Appellants. Carolyn Bauernschmidt PURIFOY, etc., et al., Appellees, v. Rear Admiral George W. BAUERNSCHMIDT et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Honemann, Allan H. Fisher, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (Walter E. Black, Jr., Robert Sloan, III and David M. Tralins, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellants.

Donald C. Greenman, William A. Snyder, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (Ben G. Miller, Ober, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge and RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is the final chapter in this court and in the Court of Appeals of Maryland of this action.* In this finality we affirm the District Court's judgment of April 15, 1975, declaring Carolyn Bauernschmidt Purifoy to be a "child" of William Bauernschmidt, Jr. within the meaning of the several testamentary and trust instruments involved in these actions.

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