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UNITED STATES v. CROSBY

No. 16937.

257 F.2d 515 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Frank A. CROSBY and P. E. Berry, individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Lewis G. Crosby, also known as L. G. Crosby, Deceased, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. W. Post, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Robert N. Anderson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., C. W. Eggart, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Pensacola, Fla., Harrold Carswell, U. S. Atty., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellant.

Wm. H. Watson, Clarence J. Brown, James B. Watson, Pensacola, Fla., for appellees.

Before CAMERON, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

JONES, Circuit Judge.

Lewis G. Crosby was a resident of Escambia County, Florida. He died intestate on February 27, 1950, survived by his widow, Jessie B. Crosby, and by three children. At the time of his death he owned property in Florida, Alabama and Michigan. In Baldwin County, Alabama, he had approximately 20,000 acres of timber land. The appellees were appointed as administrators of the decedent's estate in both Florida and Alabama. Under the law of Alabama the...

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