CONNECTICUT COLLEGE v. UNITED STATES

No. 15023.

276 F.2d 491 (1960)

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis F. McGuire, New London, Conn., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Messrs. Benjamin H. Dorsey, Washington, D. C., and John L. Calvocoressi, Hartford, Conn., were on the brief for appellant.

Mr. Walter J. Bonner, Asst. U. S. Atty., at time of argument, with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, FAHY and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

Mary Williams Crozier, a resident of the District of Columbia, died August 2, 1955. Her last will and testament, which she had executed May 10, 1948,1 was admitted to probate October 19, 1955. Among its provisions are the following:

"Second. I give and bequeath to the United States of America the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) upon condition that within five years after the date...

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