UMSTED v. UMSTED

No. 05-1484.

446 F.3d 17 (2006)

Katharine UMSTED; Alexandra Stodghill; Truxton Umsted, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Linda J. UMSTED, in her capacity as Co-Executor of the Estate of Scott Umsted, Jr., and as Trustee of the Scott Umsted, Jr. Family Trust, and as Trustee of the Scott Umsted, Jr. Marital Trust; QUENTIN ANTHONY, in his capacity as Co-Executor of the Estate of Scott Umsted, Jr., and as Trustee of the Scott Umsted, Jr. Family Trust, and as Trustee of the Scott Umsted, Jr. Marital Trust, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard A. Jackvony, with whom Richard J. Welch and Moses Afonso Jackvony, Ltd., were on brief, for appellants.

Quentin Anthony, for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, BOWMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Katherine Umsted, Alexandra Stodghill and Truxton Umsted, Jr. (collectively, "the grandchildren"), brought an action claiming that their late uncle Scott Umsted, Jr. had tortiously interfered with their expectancy in an inheritance. The district granted summary judgment to the defendants, the co-executors of the uncle's estate. We affirm.

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Scott Umsted, Sr. and his wife Margaret Umsted had two children, Scott Jr...

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