SUMMERLIN v. WASHINGTON LOAN & TRUST CO.

No. 10580.

186 F.2d 535 (1950)

SUMMERLIN et al. v. WASHINGTON LOAN & TRUST CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 21, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph P. Tumulty, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. M. Joseph Matan, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Messrs. Frederick M. Bradley and Roger M. Stuart, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee Washington Loan & Trust Co.

Mr. George E. Monk, with whom Mr. Nelson T. Hartson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee Elna Summerlin.

Before EDGERTON, PROCTOR, and FAHY, Circuit Judges.


EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

The will of Henrietta V. Johnston made certain specific bequests and devised the residue of her estate in trust to appellee Washington Loan and Trust Company for the benefit of her husband, daughter, and two grandsons. Paragraph (b) of clause Seventh of the will directs the trustee to pay one-fourth of the net income to the testatrix's "daughter, Virginia L. Spencer, for and during the term of her natural life, and upon her death, to distribute...

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