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THOMPSON v. SMITH

No. 7206.

103 F.2d 936 (1939)

THOMPSON v. SMITH.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Petition for Rehearing Denied March 28, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. E. Leahy and James F. Reilly, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Alfred L. Bennett and John Lewis Smith, Jr., both of Washington, D. C., for executor.

Before STEPHENS and EDGERTON, Associate Justices, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and WHEAT, Chief Justice, District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining a will. The decedent, Wena D. Thompson, died in the District of Columbia December 1, 1936, leaving a paper writing designated her last will and testament, dated December 13, 1935. The paper writing nominated the caveatee, John Lewis Smith, executor. In the usual course this purported will was offered for and admitted to probate and letters testamentary were ordered issued to the executor named...

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