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PATTEE v. RIGGS NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, D. C.

Civ. A. No. 5002-53.

124 F.Supp. 552 (1954)

Dorothea C. PATTEE, Plaintiff, v. The RIGGS NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, D. C., as executor and trustee under the last will and testament of Dorothy Webb Cruger, deceased, et al., Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 9, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton Harkrader, Newell A. Clapp and Charles S. Murphy, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Nelson T. Hartson and George E. Monk, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

TAMM, District Judge.

The plaintiff is a daughter of the testatrix in this case. She seeks by her complaint for construction of the will to have the Court declare a portion of her mother's will null and void as being against public policy, and that she is accordingly entitled to one-half of the residuary estate in fee simple.

The provision of the will which is attacked by plaintiff provides:

"(a) If my aforesaid daughter, Dorothea Pattee, shall survive...

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