CONTINENTAL ILL. NAT. B. & T. CO. OF CHICAGO v. UNITED STATES

No. 396-65.

403 F.2d 721 (1968)

CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CHICAGO v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

November 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Beggan, Washington, D. C., atty. of record, for plaintiff. James A. Velde, Peter H. Merlin, and Gardner, Carton, Douglas, Chilgren & Waud, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

William C. Ballard, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Mitchell Rogovin, for defendant. Philip R. Miller and Joseph Kovner, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before COWEN, Chief Judge, and LARAMORE, DURFEE, DAVIS, COLLINS, SKELTON, and NICHOLS, Judges.


COWEN, Chief Judge.

Richard Wasserman, the testator, an American citizen at the time of his death, bequeathed the residue of his estate to "the Mayor & Magistratsraete of Fuerth, Bayern, Germany 13a, to be used and expended for the benefit of said city of Fuerth." Fuerth's City Council1 has used the money thus far for construction of an old peoples' home for the city's inhabitants, and has earmarked any additional funds for operating...

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