WILLIAMS v. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL SEM.

No. 11174.

198 F.2d 595 (1952)

WILLIAMS v. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN VIRGINIA et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1952.

Writ of Certiorari Denied October 27, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Clarence E. Martin, Sr., Martinsburg, W. Va., of the Bar of the Supreme Court of West Virginia, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, and Austin F. Canfield, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. William T. Hannan, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant. Mr. Ralph F. Berlow, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. Armistead L. Boothe, Alexandria, Va., of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Virginia, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Messrs. A. G. Nichols, Jr., and Stanton C. Peelle, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia.

Mr. John E. Larson, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellee American Security and Trust Company.

Before PROCTOR, FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied October 27, 1952. See 73 S.Ct. 105.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Agra B. Williams, niece, next of kin and sole heir at law of Mary E. Maxwell, deceased, sued in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for construction of Miss Maxwell's will and for a declaratory judgment. Miss Maxwell died March 1, 1949. Thereafter, but before this action was filed, her will was admitted to probate in the District of Columbia...

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