In re Hope's Estate

KEECH, District Judge.

This case is before the court on a petition by the administrator, Edward S. Hope, for instructions as to administration of the estate of his mother, Lugenia B. Hope.

The pertinent facts disclosed by the petition, exhibits appended thereto, and answer of John Hope II (which it was stipulated shall be treated as sworn to by him) are, briefly: The testatrix made her home with her son Edward for some months prior to February, 1947, first in Honolulu and subsequently at his quarters at Howard University in Washington. The latter quarters were on the second floor of a…