Legal Opinion
United States v. Crosby
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1958No. 16937PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
Lewis G. Crosby was a resident of Escambia County, Florida. He died intestate on February 27, 1950, survived by his widow, Jessie B. Crosby, and by three children. At the time of his death he owned property in Florida, Alabama and Michigan. In Baldwin County, Alabama, he had approximately 20,000 acres of timber land. The appellees were appointed as administrators of the decedent’s estate in both Florida and Alabama. Under the law of Alabama the real estate of an intestate decedent survived by children descends, subject to the payment of debts, charges against the estate,…
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