STONESIFER v. SWANSON

Nos. 8546, 8547.

146 F.2d 671 (1945)

STONESIFER et al. v. SWANSON et al. Appeal of CLEARY.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Aiken, F. Harold Bennett, and Aiken, McCurry, Bennett & Cleary, all of Chicago, Ill., for appellants Edna F. and Joseph N. Stonesifer.

John A. Brown, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant Wm. J. Cleary.

Chester W. Kulp, Joseph J. Sullivan, Jr., Thomas Dodd Healy, Harold Stickler, Matthias Concannon, Wm. H. Dillon, Wm. O. Burns, and Carl Pomerance, all of Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before EVANS, MAJOR, and MINTON, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

This suit, based on diversity of citizenship, was brought, to set aside and vacate an estate settlement agreement. The plaintiff, Edna Stonesifer, is one of three daughters of the deceased, Lillian F. Swanson. The mother died testate, leaving her whole estate to two of her three daughters, Edna and Edith. She disinherited Ruth, and left nothing to her husband. The settlement of threatened litigation and an asserted dower right in the husband...

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