KLUGH v. U.S.

Nos. 86-3536(L), 86-3537.

818 F.2d 294 (1987)

Margaret KLUGH; Katherine Klugh Maultsby; Mary Klugh Garner; John Bradley Klugh; William W. Bradley, III; Frederick H. Bradley; Patrick H. Bradley; Edna Bradley Troxell; Hugh W. Bradley; Mabel Bradley Payne; Mary Bradley Pressly; Thomas R. Bradley; William T. Bradley; Margaret Bradley Poole; David W. Bradley; John T. Bradley, Jr.; Frances K. Bradley; Mark E. Bradley, Jr., Elizabeth Bradley McGarity; Robert F. Bradley, III; Thomas J. Bradley; Frances Wright Bradley, III; William R. Bradley, II; Rufus A. Johnson, III; Mary Bradley Brown; Margaret Bradley Shuford; Arthur L. Bradley; James B. Bradley; Curtis L. Bradley; David J. Wardlaw; Martha Wardlaw Buie; Foster Bradley Wardlaw, Jr.; Ivey Jean Wardlaw Pressly; Robert S. Wardlaw; William W. Wardlaw; Mildred E. Wardlaw; John U. Wardlaw; Mary Wardlaw Deason; Annie Wardlaw Wright; Frances M. Wardlaw; John K. Bradley; Mary Bradley Miller, Martha Bradley Moody; Frances Trenholm Bradley; Jane H. Bradley; Martha B. Mayo; Robert F. Bradley, Jr.; Eustace U. Bradley; Mary Bradley Cox and Frances Thompson Sheppard, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America; Certain Lands Located in Abbeville, Greenwood and McCormick Counties, South Carolina, Being a Portion of the Estate of W.K. Bradley, Deceased and the United States Department of Agriculture, Appellees. Margaret KLUGH; Katherine Klugh Maultsby; Mary Klugh Garner; John Bradley Klugh; William W. Bradley, III; Frederick H. Bradley; Patrick H. Bradley; Edna Bradley Troxell; Hugh W. Bradley; Mabel Bradley Payne; Mary Bradley Pressly; Thomas R. Bradley; William T. Bradley; Margaret Bradley Poole; David W. Bradley; John T. Bradley, Jr.; Frances K. Bradley; Mark E. Bradley, Jr.; Elizabeth Bradley McGarity; Robert F. Bradley, III; Thomas J. Bradley; Frances Wright Bradley, III; William R. Bradley, II; Rufus A. Johnson, III; Mary Bradley Brown; Margaret Bradley Shuford; Arthur L. Bradley; James B. Bradley; Curtis L. Bradley; David J. Wardlaw; Martha Wardlaw Buie; Foster Bradley Wardlaw, Jr.; Ivey Jean Wardlaw Pressly; Robert S. Wardlaw; William W. Wardlaw; Mildred E. Wardlaw; John U. Wardlaw; Mary Wardlaw Deason; Annie Wardlaw Wright; Frances M. Wardlaw; John K. Bradley; Mary Bradley Miller; Martha Bradley Moody; Frances Trenholm Bradley; Jane H. Bradley; Martha B. Mayo; Robert F. Bradley, Jr.; Eustace U. Bradley; Mary Bradley Cox and Frances Thompson Sheppard, Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America; Certain Lands Located in Abbeville, Greenwood and McCormick Counties, South Carolina, Being a Portion of the Estate of W.K. Bradley, Deceased and the United States Department of Agriculture, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank H. Clabaugh (Dowling, Sanders, Dukes & Svalina, P.A., Beaufort, S.C., Joseph O. Rogers, Thomas E. Shealy, Rogers & Riggs, P.A., Manning, S.C., on brief), for appellants.

J. Carol Williams, Dept. of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Div. (F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Vinton Devane Lide, U.S. Atty., Columbia, S.C., J.D. McCoy, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sylvia Sepulveda-Hambor, Dirk D. Snel, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, HALL, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

In a previous appeal, we construed the will of W.K. Bradley of South Carolina who died in December 30, 1881 to determine the persons in whom the fee of his real property would ultimately vest. Klugh v. United States, 588 F.2d 45 (4 Cir.1978). We considered the question because certain of Bradley's lineal descendants were claiming that their property interests in land previously owned by him...

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