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The Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, 1924
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2986 ARTICLE 93.

An. Code, sec. 319. 1904, sec. 314. 1888, sec. 307. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 1, sec. 1.
1884, ch. 293. 1908, ch. 84. .

328. All lands, tenements and hereditaments which might pass by deed,
and which would, in case of the proprietor dying intestate, descend to or
devolve on his or her heirs or other representatives, except estates tail,
and all goods, chattels, monies, rights, credits or personal property of any
kind, which might pass by deed, bill of sale, assignment or delivery, and
all rights of entry for condition broken, and all rights and possibilities
of. reverter shall be subject to be disposed of, transferred and passed by
his or her last will or codicil, and any testator devising real or personal
property subject to a condition or conditions, may devise or bequeath the
right of entry or reverter which may arise on breach of such condition or
conditions under the following restrictions.

There is nothing in secs. 328 to 346 prohibiting an attesting witness to a will from
being a beneficiary thereunder. Leitch v. Leitch, 114 Md. 336.

The act of 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 1, sec. 1, did not embrace leasehold property.
Origin of this section. Devecmon v. Devecmon, 43 Md. 346. And see Holzman v.
Wager, 114 Md. 322.

A power of sale in a will extends to surviving executors, trustees, etc., or to his
or their successor, unless will indicates contrary intention—art. 16, sec. 267.

An. Code, sec. 320. 1904, sec. 315. 1888, sec. 308. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 1, sec. 2.

329. No will, testament or codicil shall be effectual to create any inter-
est or perpetuity, or make any limitation, or appoint any uses not now
permitted by the constitution or laws of this State.

Cited but not construed in Russell v. Alien, 107 U. S. 163; Ould v. Washington
Hospital, 95 U. S. 303.

An. Code, sec. 321. 1908, ch. 569.

330. The rule against perpetuities shall not apply to any contingent
remainder, executory devise, bequest or limitation of real or personal
property, or both, by will or testament, intended to transfer the same from
any corporation incorporated for charitable or educational objects to an
individual or from any such corporation to any other such corporation on a
contingency or future event, nor to any condition subsequent, or breach
thereof upon which any such devise, bequest or limitation is intended to
operate. This section is not intended to be, and shall not be construed as
an interpretation of existing law.

An. Code, sec. 322. 1904, sec. 316. 1888, sec. 309. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 1, sec. 3.
331. No will, testament or codicil shall be good and effectual for any
purpose whatsoever, unless the person making the same be at the time of
executing or acknowledging it as hereafter directed, of sound and disposing
mind, and capable of executing a valid deed or contract. No will, testament
or codicil shall be good and effectual to pass any interest or estate in any
lands, tenements or incorporeal hereditaments, unless the person making
the same, if a male, be of the full age of twenty-one years, and if a female,
of the full age of eighteen years.1

1 No attempt is here made to collect or annotate the cases involving testamentary
capacity—see Md. Digest.

 

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