CASSON v. SWOGELL

No. 24, September Term, 1985.

304 Md. 641 (1985)

500 A.2d 1031

BERNICE CASSON v. BENJAMIN SWOGELL, PERS. REP. OF THE ESTATE OF KATHARINE KORBIEN.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Standard T. Klinefelter and Cynthia E. Young (Elena Langrill, on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Malik J. Tuma (Richard J. Guth, on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.


McAULIFFE, Judge.

"Publication" when used in the context of the law of wills means a declaration or other manifestation by the testator to a witness that the instrument is his will. We here determine that publication is not required for the valid execution and attestation of a will, but that publication may be shown as an alternative method of proving the proper execution of a will when the testator signed outside the presence of the witnesses.

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