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MITCHELL v. MERRIAM

Nos. 10721, 10722.

188 F.2d 42 (1951)

MITCHELL v. MERRIAM et al. MITCHELL v. MITCHELL.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1951.

Writ of Certiorari Denied May 21, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean Hill Stanley, Washington, D. C., for Edward A. Mitchell, appellant in No. 10721 and appellee in No. 10722.

Henry Ravenel, Washington, D. C., with whom Lawrence A. Baker, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees in No. 10721.

P. J. J. Nicolaides, Washington, D. C., with whom William F. Kelly and Richard H. Nicolaides, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant in No. 10722.

Before EDGERTON, BAZELON, and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

Writ of Certiorari Denied May 21, 1951. See 71 S.Ct. 855.

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

These appeals result from a suit for instructions brought by the executor of the estate of Emily Wallach Blair.

The testatrix willed half her residuary estate to her sister Rose Douglas Merriam, who died before her. In No. 10721 the question is whether this half goes to the children of Rose, who are the appellees, or to the heirs of the testatrix one of whom is a nephew...

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