Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Merriam Mitchell v. Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 21, 1951No. 10721, 10722PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.
These appeals result from a suit for instructions brought by the executor of the estate of Emily Wallach Blair.
The testatrix willed half her residuary estate to her sister Rose Douglas Merriam, who died before her. In No. 10721 the question is whether this half goes to the children of Rose, who are the appellees, or to the heirs of the testatrix one of whom is a nephew of the testatrix, the appellant Edward A. Mitchell. The District Court rightly ruled in favor of the children. The case is covered by the first sentence of D.C.Code (1940) § 19-110, 31 Stat. 1434: “If a…
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