Legal Opinion
In re Smith's Estate
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 7, 1948No. 68649PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, Associate Justice.
Ella Van Horn Smith died on December 17, 1946, leaving a last will and testament executed on November 11, 1937. This will was probated by this Court on March 15, 1947. Subsequently, another testamentary instrument, dated April 28, 1944, was found among the papers of the deceased and presented for probate. There is now before the Court a petition praying for the revocation of the decree probating the will of November 11, 1937, and for a decree probating the will of April 28, 1944.
The later document purports to revoke all former wills and to make a complete *218testamenta…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McIntyre v. McIntyreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Johnson v. BriggsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1944
- Olmsted v. BussCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
- Warner v. Warner's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1864
- Worcester Bank & Trust Co. v. EllisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- In Re Estate of CreechDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
- Christopher v. KrausDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Ward-Allen v. GaskinsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010