THROPP v. FARNUM

Nos. 12377, 12378.

223 F.2d 640 (1955)

Douglas Scott THROPP, Appellant, v. Henry W. FARNUM et al., Appellees. Thomas A. SCOTT, Appellant, v. Henry W. FARNUM et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1955.

Petition for Rehearing Denied July 1, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benj. W. Dulany, Washington, D. C., for appellant Douglas Scott Thropp.

Mr. Cary McN. Euwer, Washington, D. C., for appellant Scott.

Mr. John Holt Myers, Washington, D. C., for appellees Henry W. Farnum, et al., in both cases.

Mr. Arthur G. Lambert, Washington, D. C., for infant appellees Edith B. Farnum, et al., in both cases.

Messrs. Edward Bennett Williams and Colman B. Stein and Miss Agnes A. Neill, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for appellee Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co. in both cases.

Mr. S. Churchill Elmore, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for infant appellee Alexander Carter Thropp in both cases.

Before BAZELON, FAHY and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


FAHY, Circuit Judges.

The will of Miriam D. Thropp, deceased, was admitted to probate in the District of Columbia after her death in October 1930.1 It provides, inter alia, for certain payments of income to her children Douglas Scott Thropp, Thomas Alexander Scott Thropp2 and Anna Scott Farnum, in specified shares, and for ultimate distribution of the principal to them or their children. After the death...

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