WEGENAST v. PHEYLEN

No. 11041.

195 F.2d 776 (1952)

WEGENAST v. PHEYLEN.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert F. Beasley, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William B. Jones, Washington, D. C., with whom George E. Hamilton, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

D.C.Code 1940, § 18-211 provides that if a testator's widow renounces all claim under his will, or is left nothing in his will, she is "entitled, in addition to her dower, to the distributive share of his personal property, which she would have taken had he died intestate * * *." Section 18-702 provides that "If the intestate leave a widow or surviving husband and no child, parent, grandchild, brother, or...

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