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WEBB v. LOHNES

No. 7070.

96 F.2d 582 (1938)

WEBB v. LOHNES.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 28, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude A. Thompson and Julius C. Martin, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

H. L. McCormick, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice and STEPHENS and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Clara York Allen died in the District of Columbia on October 12, 1934. No will was found and Webb, appellant, qualified as administrator. The appointment was made with the consent of the District of Columbia, to which, in the absence of relations within the fifth degree, Mrs. Allen's property would escheat under title 29, § 297, of the Code.

In January, 1936, Lohnes filed in the District Court a petition seeking to prove the...

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