IN RE VOSE'S ESTATE

Nos. 14157-14160.

317 F.2d 281 (1963)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Charles Redfield VOSE, a/k/a C. R. Vose, Deceased. In the Matter of the Petition of the Executors of said Estate for a Construction of said Decedent's Will and Instructions as to the Property Distributable to "Charles R. Vose, Inc.," and the Persons to Whom and the Shares in which the Stock of said Corporation Should be Distributed, Pursuant to Article "Fourth" of Said Will, Charles R. Rose, Inc., Appellant. CHARLES R. VOSE, INC., Appellant, v. William Houston EVANS, et al., as Executors of Estate of C. R. Vose, Deceased (two cases). CHARLES R. VOSE, INC., Appellant, v. BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE, INC.,

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1963.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard G. Segal, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa. (Samuel D. Slade, Shirley S. Bitterman, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

J. Quincy Hunsicker, III, Kelley, Drye, Newhall, Maginnes & Warren, New York City (Irving L. Young, New York City, William W. Bailey, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., on the brief), for appellees.

Before McLAUGHLIN and GANEY, Circuit Judges, and COHEN, District Judge.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

These are four consolidated appeals1 from the judgment of the district court raising a common question as to the interpretation of a will.

Charles R. Vose, a domiciliary of the Virgin Islands, died in a plane crash on July 10, 1957, leaving a gross estate of approximately five and one half million dollars. His estate had been accumulated over the years as a result of the diverse business enterprises which...

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