Legal Opinion

Estho v. Lear

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 18, 1833PublishedCited by 32 opinions

AN appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall

The appellants had filed their bill in the'court of the United States for the county, of Washington, alleging themselves to be the distributees and next of kin of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, deceased, who departed this life intestate, as they allege, with respect to personal property in the United States. The bill charges that Thaddeus Kosciuszko, being about to leave America, deposited with Mr Jefferson a paper writing purporting to be a will which was executed in Virginia, and is in the following words:.

“ I, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, being just on my departure from America, do hereby declare and…

2Cited by32 opinions

  1. Borden's Farm Products Co. v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Ford Motor Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Security Mortgage Co. v. PowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  4. City of Hammond v. Schappi Bus Line, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
  5. Leo Walton v. Arabian American Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956

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