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REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 1945 September Term, 1995 ___________________________________

ELIZABETH FARAH

v. PRESTON L. STOUT, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN M. SANDERSON, JR.

___________________________________ Wilner, C.J., Wenner, Alpert, Paul E. (retired, specially assigned), JJ. ____________________________________ Opinion by Wilner, C.J. ____________________________________ Filed: November 4, 1996

This appeal presents several evidentiary questions.

The three

principal issues are whether the Circuit Court for Washington County, in a suit by appellant Elizabeth Farah against the estate of John M. Sanderson, testimony Mr. Jr., erred in her his declining reasons wife, to for admit (1)

Elizabeth's services

concerning and

performing of

for

Sanderson

(2)

testimony

Elizabeth's husband, J. Ramsay Farah, concerning conversations he had with Mr. Sanderson and Elizabeth, and (3) testimony of three non-party witnesses concerning statements made by Mr. Sanderson of his intention to give money to Elizabeth and Ramsay. Items (1) and

(2) require us to determine whether the trial court properly prohibited Elizabeth and Ramsay from testifying under Md. Code Cts. & Jud. Proc. art.,

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