WILMINGTON TRUST CO. v. CLARK

[No. 46, September Term, 1980.]

289 Md. 313 (1981)

424 A.2d 744

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN M. CLARK v. RUTH H. CLARK

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carole S. Demilio, with whom was Frank T. Howard on the brief, for appellant.

David H. Parrack, with whom was Dennis S. Clower on the brief, for appellee.

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


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case of first impression calls for a determination whether the estate of a decedent who was obligated during his lifetime to make support payments to a former wife under a separation agreement is liable in tort or contract for monetary loss allegedly sustained by the wife as a result of her former husband's premature death by suicide.

John Clark and his wife, Ruth...

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