Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 27, 1939No. 7206PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal from an order sustaining a will. The decedent, Wena D. Thompson, died in the District of Columbia December 1, 1936, leaving a paper writing designated her last will and testament, dated December 13, 1935. The paper writing nominated the caveatee, John Lewis Smith, executor. In the usual course this purported will was offered for and admitted to probate and letters testamentary were ordered issued to the executor named; and upon the filing of an undertaking required of him by the probate court, they were issued. Thereafter, the appellant John W.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- MacKall v. MacKallSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Burney v. TorreySupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Renihan v. . DenninNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Loder v. . WhelpleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Conley v. NailorSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Baird v. KoernerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- William J. Emmett, Administrator of the Estate of Joseph N. Emmett v. Eastern Dispensary and Casualty HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Munzer v. Swedish American LineDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1940
- Thomas v. DoyleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- In Re Bell & BeckwithUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 1988
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