AMERICAN SECURITY & TRUST CO. v. GARNETT

Civ. No. 4071-47.

81 F.Supp. 21 (1948)

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

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 7, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Larson and Llewellyn C. Thomas, both of Washington, D. C., for the plaintiff.

Henry H. Glassie, Jr., and Thomas M. Cooley II, both of Washington, D.C., for defendants S. B. Powell and others.

Merle Thorp, Jr., of Washington, D.C., for defendant Ward G. Fatherly.

Charles A. Webb, Francis Brooke, and Harold A. Kertz, all of Washington, D.C., for defendants C. B. Boykin and others.

John G. Tausig and Henry F. Butler, both of Washington, D.C., for L. G. Brand.

Thomas H. Patterson, of Washington, D. C., for heirs of Rita Boykin.

Fred J. Rice, of Washington, D.C., for defendant Rose Garnett.

John Haney, of Colorado Springs, Colo., for defendants Frank Scott and others.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is an action for the construction of the will of Alice Evelyn Garnett, who died on February 28, 1922, a resident of Arkansas. Her will was admitted to probate in that State. The instrument, among other things, disposes of real property located in the District of Columbia. These provisions are involved in this proceeding.

In respect to the real property, the testatrix created a life estate for her three children and their survivors...

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