· 11/16/1898
Smith v. Hardesty
Citations
- 88 Md. 387
- 41 A. 788
- 1898 Md. LEXIS 206
Syllabus
<p>Devise and Legacy — Power to Devise Property among Certain Persons.</p> <p>Where property is given by will to a person for life with power to devise it among the testator’s children, the life tenant has no power to devise the property to a grandchild, charged with the payment of a legacy to another person, although the testator’s children have previously died.</p>
Judges: Boyd, Bryan, Fowler, McSherry, Pearce, Roberts
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