EMMERT v. HEARN

No. 70 September Term, 1986.

309 Md. 19 (1987)

522 A.2d 377

MIRIAM E. EMMERT, PERS. REP. OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE GORDON ROBERTS, SR. v. RUTH R. HEARN ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Dulany (Jeffrey D. Scott and Dulany, Parker & Scott, on the brief), Westminster, for appellant.

Nancy G. Fax (Norman M. Glasgow, Susan H. Sarch and Wilkes, Artis, Hedrick & Lane, Chartered, on the brief), Rockville, for appellee.

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


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case concerns whether, under the will of George Roberts, the bequest of "all my personal property" includes intangible as well as tangible personalty.

I

The testator died in 1981, survived by seven of his eight children. His wife had predeceased him in 1970 and a son, Richard, had died in 1971, leaving one child, Brian. The testator's will, executed in 1977, contained the following pertinent provisions:

"FIRST:...

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