Legal Opinion
In re Estate of Lucas
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 18, 1964No. 111041Published
1Opinion of the Court
CURRAN, District Judge.
This case comes before the Court on a petition for Letters of Administration and an answer and cross petition. The only issue presented is whether or not the court, when there has been a declination by some of the next of kin, has the discretion to appoint the petitioner, a creditor of the intestate, over a next of kin, under no legal disability and who applies for letters.
The petitioner, Florence W. Gianiny, files as a friend and creditor, having obliged herself to pay the funeral expenses. The decedent died intestate leaving no real property, no debts, and personal…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. Owen LattimoreCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Corinne B. Randall v. Grace Fitzpatrick BockhorstCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Patricia G. Brooks v. William C. De Lacy, Administrator, Estate of Walter G. Maholm, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- John Franklin Gage v. The Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C., Administrator, Estate of Margaret Delano Gage, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963