SHOEMAKER v. AMERICAN SECURITY & TRUST CO.

No. 9477.

163 F.2d 585 (1947)

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

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided July 28, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph B. Simpson, Jr., of Rockville, Md., with whom Miss Vivian V. Simpson, of Rockville, Md., and Messrs. P. Bateman Ennis, William H. Collins, Bernard Nordlinger, John Lewis Smith, John Paul Jones and Thomas B. Heffelfinger, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. G. Bowdoin Craighill, Jr., of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. John S. Flannery and G. Bowdoin Craighill, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and CLARK and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.


PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

Anna R. Shoemaker died May 4, 1927, leaving considerable property and a will. By the will she bequeathed cash legacies to relatives, friends and charities and devised and bequeathed her residuary estate to a trustee, appellee here. The residue consisted principally of real estate, all of which was improved except three lots located at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Brandywine Street in the...

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