LIBERTY NAT. BANK v. HICKS

No. 9598.

173 F.2d 631 (1948)

LIBERTY NAT. BANK et al. v. HICKS et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles B. Murray, of Washington, D. C., Guardian ad litem for infant appellants John Hicks IV, Robert Francis Hicks and Philip Eckman Hicks.

Mr. Frederic N. Towers, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Norman B. Frost, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant Liberty National Bank, Trustee.

Mr. Leslie C. Garnett, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Samuel F. Beach, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before STEPHENS, Chief Judge, and CLARK and GRONER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The case is this: Appellee, John Hicks, 3rd, was first married to Harriet Ann Hicks. There were three children. Sometime in 1937 marital troubles arose; Hicks and wife separated; and the latter began proceedings for divorce and support for herself and the children. Before the suit was tried, counsel for the respective parties entered into negotiations looking to an amicable property settlement. The negotiations resulted in the execution by John Hicks of...

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