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SPINKS v. SECOND NAT. BANK OF WASHINGTON

No. 11962.

214 F.2d 853 (1954)

SPINKS et al. v. SECOND NAT. BANK OF WASHINGTON et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1954.

Petition for Rehearing Denied July 13, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Kahl K. Spriggs, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. David B. Nicholson and Woodson P. Houghton, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Charles E. Pledger, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee William Mouat Hannay, III.

Messrs. William E. Leahy, Washington, D. C., and James F. Reilly, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for appellee The Second Nat. Bank of Washington.

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

PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia which construed a codicil to a will. We think the trial judge's construction of the testator's language was correct for the reasons given in his opinion, 1953, 122 F.Supp. 153.

Affirmed.

BAZELON, Circuit Judge (dissenting).

I cannot agree with my brothers in following the view of the District Court...

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