Brandeis v. Brandeis

This is an action which was instituted in the district court for Douglas County, Nebraska, by Walter Brandéis and Loyal B. Cohn, plaintiffs and appellees, against J. L. Ervine Brandéis, and George Brandéis and Karl Louis, trustees, defendants and appellants, under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act for the purpose of having construed a paragraph of the last will and testament of H. Hugo Brandéis, deceased.

The action was commenced by the filing of a petition by plaintiffs which was later amended. The defendants answered the petition. The plaintiffs moved for an order striking parts of the…