BAKER v. NATIONAL SAVINGS AND TRUST CO.

No. 10085.

181 F.2d 273 (1950)

BAKER v. NATIONAL SAVINGS AND TRUST CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Lewis Smith, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. John Lewis Smith, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Messrs. Arthur P. Drury, John M. Lynham and John E. Powell, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for appellees National Savings and Trust Company and Charles Edwin Warfield as surviving trustees.

Mr. Seymour Sheriff, Washington, D. C., for appellees Donald B. Edmonston, individually and as conservator of the property of Joseph B. Edmonston, non compos mentis, and Paul Edmonston.

Mr. Wilton H. Wallace, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Henry F. Lerch, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees Katherine Virginia Ring, Mary Virginia Ring Young, Elizabeth Morton Ring Bransdorf and Morton Loomis Ring, Jr.

Mr. Hubert G. King, Washington, D. C., Guardian ad litem for appellee Richard Lewis Ring.

Before CLARK, PRETTYMAN and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia construing a will. 80 F.Supp. 610. The action was brought by the trustees under the will and was decided on a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by the guardian ad litem for certain infant defendants. The pleadings included a copy of the will itself, statements as to the relationship

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