MARTIN v. JOHNSON

No. 85-1287.

512 A.2d 1017 (1986)

Evelyn Patricia MARTIN, et al., Appellants, v. Nancy Jane JOHNSON, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip L. O'Donoghue, Chevy Chase, Md., for appellants.

Matthew A. Kane, Washington, D.C., for appellees Johnson, Blum and Barnes.

Stanley A. Racoosin, Silver Springs, Md., filed a brief for appellee Abrams, Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary C. Connor.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and BELSON and ROGERS, Associate Judges.


PRYOR, Chief Judge:

This case involves application of the common law doctrine of exoneration to construction of the Last Will and Testament of decedent Mary C. Connor (Decedent). Leonard Abrams, Decedent's personal representative (personal representative), filed a complaint in the Probate Division of Superior Court for construction of Decedent's will. In his complaint, the personal representative requested the trial court to rule that the common law doctrine of exoneration...

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