Carey v. Dennis

How courts have described this case

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• Promissory notes signed by the decedent were not enforceable against his estate because the decedent had retained control over them during his lifetime and had the right to revoke them at any time.
• “[T]he cases have established that an instrument in any form, whether a deed poll or indenture, if the obvious purpose is not to take place till after the death of the person making it, shall operate as a will.” (quoting Habergham v. Vincent, 2 Ves., Jr., 231)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Otis v. Parker
  Supreme Court· 1903-01-05· cited 177×
• Brown v. Mercantile Trust & Deposit Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1898-04-01· cited 44×
• Cover v. Stem
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1887-06-22· cited 34×
• Hearn v. Purnell
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1909-03-23· cited 18×
• Meyer v. Stortenbecker
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1917-12-21· cited 11×
• Kelleher v. Kernan
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1883-06-21· cited 11×
• Brooks v. People
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1885-01-06· cited 7×
• Ames v. Kirby
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1904-12-29· cited 5×
• Potter v. Potter
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2021-05-26
• Estate of Williams
  California Superior Court, San Francisco County· 1895-09-10
• Williams v. Schatz
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1884-01-15

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Waring v. Edmonds
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1857-12-15· cited 11×
• Hannon v. State ex rel. Robey
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1851-06-15· cited 8×