Legal Opinion
Episcopal Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital v. Goodwin
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 21, 1960No. Nos. 15181, 15182, 15192, 15194, 15195PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURGER, Circuit Judge.
Helen King Luquer died in 1930 and her will was admitted to probate in the District of Columbia. The will was executed in 1894; codicils were executed in 1902 and 1929. She was survived by her husband who died in 1932, and a son and daughter, both of whom died without issue in 1957.
The issue in this case involves the distribution of a portion of decedent’s residuary estate. The testatrix established two residuary trusts, granting life estates to her children, Margaret and Lynch Luquer. In the event either or both children left issue surviving them the remainder passed to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of TamargoNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Robison v. Female Orphan Asylum of PortlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Pyne v. PyneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- Caine v. PayneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- American Security & Trust Co. v. SullivanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1947
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Diana Kearny Powell v. National Savings and Trust Company, Successor TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Diana Kearny Powell v. National Savings and Trust Company, Successor TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, a Corporation v. Anne Stockton Goodwin and Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Helen King Stockton Parker v. Anne Stockton Goodwin and Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia, a Corporation v. Anne Stockton Goodwin and Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Protestant Episcopal Parish of St. Stephen and Incarnation v. Anne Stockton Goodwin and Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Washington Home for Incurables v. Anne Stockton Goodwin and Cathedral Church of St. John the DivineCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960