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BRINKER v. HUMPHRIES

No. 11047.

194 F.2d 350 (1952)

BRINKER et al. v. HUMPHRIES et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph A. Ricketts, Washington, D. C., with whom Henry E. Manghum, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Richard B. Kelley, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

In this case we are asked to decide whether assets from the sale of certain real property shall go to named legatees under the disputed provisions of a will or to the next of kin by intestacy. The trial court ruled in favor of appellees, the next of kin, and the legatees brought this appeal.

The real property in question was the subject of alternative provisions of the will. Paragraph Second stated that, in the event the testatrix should...

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