BUCHANAN v. NATIONAL SAVINGS & TRUST CO.

No. 8632.

146 F.2d 13 (1944)

BUCHANAN v. NATIONAL SAVINGS & TRUST CO.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided November 13, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wharton E. Lester, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. John S. Barbour, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Walter M. Bastian, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MILLER, EDGERTON, and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.


MILLER, Associate Justice.

James A. Buchanan created five trusts, of which John R. Buchanan is a beneficiary and appellee the trustee. Appellant, Ruth L. Buchanan, the divorced wife of John, sued in the District Court to establish an interest in the trust funds and in the proceeds thereof, on behalf of herself, the minor child of herself and John, and certain creditors. The complaint joined the beneficiary and the trustee as defendants. Process was served upon the...

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