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DOHERTY v. STONER

No. 9694.

169 F.2d 965 (1948)

DOHERTY v. STONER et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 7, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Spencer Gordon, of Washington, D. C., with whom Miss Eleanor Sessoms and Mr. Cornelius H. Doherty, both of Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Prentice E. Edrington, of New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, CLARK, and WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judges.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

In this case we are called on to decide the proper method of computing an executor's commissions under the District of Columbia statute,1 which provides that such commissions shall be "at the discretion of the court" and shall not exceed "ten per centum * * * of the inventory or inventories".

Mrs. Christina Buchholz died January 15, 1945. The appellant, Cornelius H. Doherty, is the executor of her...

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