LIPSCOMB v. LIPSCOMB

No. 14675.

265 F.2d 822 (1959)

Virginia L. C. LIPSCOMB, Appellant, v. Samuel Ross LIPSCOMB and George M. Foster, Executors, Estate of William H. Lipscomb, Deceased, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1959.

Petition for Rehearing Denied April 29, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Laidler B. Mackall, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Karl E. Bakke, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Louis H. Mann, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. James C. Wilkes, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, FAHY, and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellees petitioned for probate of a will which named them as executors. They alleged that the testator was domiciled in the District of Columbia and that his widow, the present appellant, had entered into a written agreement renouncing all rights to his estate. The widow's answer alleged that the testator was domiciled in Virginia, denied that she had entered into a valid written agreement renouncing her rights in the estate, and asked for a jury...

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