Legal Opinion
McLain v. American Security & Trust Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 8, 1967No. Administration No. 117840PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MATTHEWS, District Judge.
The matter before the court is a motion to dismiss a caveat which attacks the validity of a codicil to the last will of the decedent, Cathren Pettit Larman Miller. The ground of the motion is that the caveators are not parties in interest so as to be entitled to assail the codicil’s validity.
A petition for the probate of decedent’s will and the codicil thereto was filed by the American Security and Trust Company as the party nominated in the codicil as executor of the will. The caveat proceeding followed, challenging only the codicil.
The caveators are a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Kimberland v. KimberlandCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Kinkade v. New York Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1956
- Werner v. FrederickCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
- Angell v. GroffDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1914
3Cited by1 opinion
- Edward McLain v. American Security and Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968