Legal Opinion
Scott v. Powell, and Four Other Cases
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 22, 1950No. 10174-10178_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
The trustee under the will of Alice Evelyn Garnett brought a civil action in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia for construction of the will. From judgment in that action five appeals were taken.
Mrs. Garnett reserved from the general provisions of her will certain real estate in the District of Columbia. She devised this real estate to a trustee, directing it to divide the net income arising therefrom equally among her three children, William, Evelyn and Rita, so long as they or any of them should live, with a survivorship provision…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Estate of Spiegel v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Doe v. ConsidineSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- United States v. Provident Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Hopkins v. GrimshawSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Copenhaver v. PendletonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Callnon v. WinrottCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- Caine v. PayneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Rearden v. Riggs National Bank of WashingtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- In re the Accounting of WidmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1952
- Diana Kearny Powell v. National Savings and Trust Company, Successor TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
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