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McDONALD v. MAXWELL

No. 4300.

12 F.2d 822 (1926)

McDONALD v. MAXWELL et al.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided May 3, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. J. Lynch, of Chattanooga, Tenn., G. E. Hamilton, J. J. Hamilton, G. E. Hamilton, Jr., Edmund Brady, and H. R. Gower, all of Washington, D. C., M. M. Allison, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and J. W. Davis, of New York City, for appellant.

F. D. McKenney, J. S. Flannery, R. D. Quinter, and G. R. Beneman, all of Washington, D. C., and Ferdinand Tannenbaum, of New York City, for appellees.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice, and BLAND, Judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals.

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

The bill in this case was filed in the lower court by James McDonald, Jr., the only child and heir at law of James McDonald, deceased, a resident of the District of Columbia at the time of his death, alleging that certain provisions of the last will and testament of the decedent are in conflict with the law against perpetuities, and are therefore void, and praying the court accordingly to decree that plaintiff is entitled as sole heir at law...

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