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REEVES v. AMERICAN SECURITY & TRUST CO.

No. 7500.

115 F.2d 145 (1940)

REEVES et al. v. AMERICAN SECURITY & TRUST CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 1940.

Writ of Certiorari Denied December 9, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Wallace Dempsey and Bruce Fuller, both of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Frederick M. Bradley, Paul E. Lesh, Richard L. Merrick, Arthur Hellen, Justin L. Edgerton, John L. Laskey, and Francis W. Hill, Jr., all of Washington, D. C. (William Lentz and John E. Rochfort, both of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellees.

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

Writ of Certiorari Denied December 9, 1940. See 61 S.Ct. 318, 85 L.Ed. ___.

RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.

The appeal is from a decision of the District Court construing the will of Johnson Hellen, deceased, holding that the proceeds of the sale of certain real property should be distributed to the heirs of the residuary legatees. The heirs of Frank Hellen, testator's son, appeal, contending that the will gave their ancestor a vested remainder in the property...

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