Legal Opinion
Brinker v. Humphries
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 31, 1952No. 11047_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Circuit Judge.
In this case we are asked to decide whether assets from the sale of certain real property shall go to named legatees under the disputed provisions of a will or to the next of kin by intestacy. The trial court ruled in favor of appellees, the next of kin, and the legatees brought this appeal.
The real property in question was the subject of alternative provisions of the will. Paragraph Second stated that, in the event the testatrix should predecease her husband (who was an invalid) and he should continue disabled, it was her “sincere desire” and she therefore requested…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Baker v. National Savings and Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Douglass v. DouglassCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1898
- Plant v. DonaldsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1912
3Cited by9 opinions
- Wyman v. RoesnerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- In Re Estate Of Florence Voelzel Kerr, A/K/A Florence V. Kerr, Deceased. Ralph L. Atchison, Administrator, C.T.A.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Estate of Jerome Mittleman, Deceased, Henrietta Mittleman, Irving B. Yochelson and Solomon Grossberg, Executors v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Dean v. Tusculum CollegeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Atchison v. HallCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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