KING v. BANKERD

No. 150, September Term, 1983.

303 Md. 98 (1985)

492 A.2d 608

ARTHUR V. KING v. HOWARD R. BANKERD.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Clapp, Rockville, for appellant.

Cleopatra Campbell, Frederick, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ., and JAMES C. MORTON, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Special Appeals (retired), specially assigned.


COLE, Judge.

The single issue presented in this case is whether a power of attorney authorizing the agent to "convey, grant, bargain and/or sell" the principal's property authorizes the agent to make a gratuitous transfer of that property.

The facts are uncomplicated. Howard R. Bankerd (Bankerd) and his wife, Virginia, owned, as tenants by the entirety, a home in Montgomery County, Maryland. They resided there until 1966 when Mrs. Bankerd moved out as a result...

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