NOREEN v. SPARKS

Nos. 11472, 11473.

204 F.2d 56 (1953)

NOREEN et al. v. SPARKS et al. MERCANTILE TRUST CO. OF BALTIMORE v. SPARKS et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miss Catherine McCloskey, Washington, D. C., for appellants in No. 11472.

Mr. Llewellyn C. Thomas, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. John E. Larson and Richard H. Mayfield, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant in No. 11473.

Mr. Frank L. Peckham, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, BAZELON, and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit to construe the will of Elizabeth Ann Hooper, probated in 1880, which devised her residuary estate in trust for the benefit of her two sisters, Cornelia Rebecca Potts and Amelia Hadel, and their children after them, in equal shares. The Potts share is in dispute.

Paragraph "First" of the will made Cornelia Rebecca Potts and her daughter Cornelia Ross Potts successive life beneficiaries of half the trust. It provided...

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