HALL v. SCARLETT

No. 10229.

181 F.2d 277 (1950)

HALL et al. v. SCARLETT et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Camden R. McAtee, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Roger M. Stuart, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Frederick M. Bradley, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, CLARK and PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellee Scarlett filed in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia a petition for letters of administration of the estate of Blanche M. Penfield, who died May 2, 1947. She alleged that she was the niece and sole heir at law and next of kin of the decedent and that the decedent died intestate. Thereafter, appellants Hall and others filed a petition as claimant distributees of the estate, being cousins in the first...

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