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SHIMP v. SHIMP

[No. 76, September Term, 1979.]

287 Md. 372 (1980)

412 A.2d 1228

LESTER SHIMP v. JAMES SHIMP ET. AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Martin Palmer, Jr., for appellant.

No brief filed on behalf of appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.

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

We shall here hold that a man and a wife entered into a binding contract when they executed an instrument as their joint will.1 Accordingly, we shall modify and affirm the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals in Shimp v. Shimp, 43 Md.App. 67, 402 A.2d 1324 (1979).

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