Hirschmann v. United States

COOPER, District Judge.

This is the companion case to Hirschmann v. United States, D.C., 202 F.Supp. 722. Similar motions for summary judgment have been made here. Certain facts and conclusions of law relevant in the instant case have been stated in the other decision and will not now be repeated.

The basic underlying facts, however, are as follows:

Plaintiff Recha Hirschmann’s husband, Emil, died in 1939. His will was offered some thirteen years later, and was admitted to probate late in 1952. Emil’s son, Ernst, served as administrator c. t. a. in 1953. Thereafter, when Ernst ceased to serve as…