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BURKE v. CANFIELD

No. 7607.

121 F.2d 877 (1941)

BURKE v. CANFIELD et al.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 28, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Sullivan, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Lawrence Koenigsberger, of Washington, D. C., for appellee Canfield.

Richard E. Wellford, of Washington, D. C., for appellee Wellford, as guardian ad litem.

William J. Neale, of Washington, D. C., for appellee Taltavull.

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

RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.

The District Court revoked letters of administration issued to appellant Burke and ordered that certain costs be assessed against him personally. The appeal has been taken to review these actions. The principal question concerns accountability for the value of the good will of a funeral business owned and operated by the decedent, Ellen Taltavull, at the time of her death in 1935. It is claimed that the administrator permitted this to...

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