Legal Opinion
In re Nutting's Estate
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 28, 1949No. 69775PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LETTS, District Judge.
The testatrix, Lillian L. Nutting, died July 26, 1947. Three duly executed wills have been filed, dated respectively April 22, 1943, March 11, 1947, and July 14, 1947. All three gave two-sixths of the residue to the Washington Cathedral and one-sixth to the Church of the Nativity, Washing*690ton, D. C. (Episcopal). The last two, though differing in language and style, make the same gifts throughout. The earliest of the three differed only with respect to a few gifts to individuals.
The deposition of the executor explains the last will as follows: Testatrix desired to revoke…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Estate of HinckleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
- Second Church of Christ, Scientist, of New York City v. KaufmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- Ruple v. Hiram CollegeOhio Court of Appeals · 1928
- Henry v. FraserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1928
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