Morris v. Foster
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Proceeding to probate a will by Mary Helen McNeely and another, by their guardian ad litem, opposed by Charles H. Morris and others, in which Ella Finley Foster entered her appearance in support of the will. From a decree admitting the will to probate, Charles H. Morris and others, including Mary Helen McNeely, appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
Appeal from a decree in the Supreme Court of the District on June 30, 1921, admitting to probate and record a paper writing dated May 11, 1904, as the last will and testament of Bridget A. Morris, who died in the District of Columbia on May 11, 1909.
In 1892 the testatrix married Samuel A. McNeely, and of this marriage three children were born, two of whom, John and Mary Helen McNeely, are living; the third child, Elsie McNeely, having died in 1904 unmarried and intestate. A divorce was granted testatrix on November 22, 1907, and on December 10th, following, she married…
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- Nutt v. NortonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
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