Legal Opinion
Joan Bain Nicodemus v. Lillian Wall Bain
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 6, 1965No. 17830PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court in an action brought by an executor for construction of a provision of a will.
In Paragraph 8 of the will the testator gave, devised, and bequeathed tó his wife “all her statutory rights in my real and personal property wheresoever the same may be situate or located at the time of my death.” In Paragraph 9 of the will the testator gave, bequeathed, and devised the entire residue of his estate to his wife and his two children (a son and a daughter)—
“share and share alike, with the proviso that if my said wife should…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Herbert & Others v. WREN & OTHERSSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
- Estate of Rensenhouse v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1959
- Hilton v. Kinsey Williams v. Kinsey Little Sisters of the Poor v. KinseyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Jennie M. Warner v. Anna Parker WarnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Critchfield v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1959
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Riggs National Bank of Washington v. SummerlinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- The Riggs National Bank Of Washington v. SummerlinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Joan Bain Nicodemus v. Lillian Wall BainCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965