Legal Opinion
Homovich v. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 21, 1951No. 10778_1PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
Herbert Homovich was a Comanche Indian. He owned trust and restricted property appraised at some $162,000. On June 4, 1947, he went to an office of the United States Indian Service to make a will. An employee of that Service assisted him. He used a printed form prepared and published by the Department of the Interior for that purpose. 1 He left the property to various collateral relatives and stated that the reason for omitting his mother, two sisters, and a brother was “that they are cared for financially from other sources.” The will was duly signed and witnessed.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Air Line Dispatchers Ass'n v. National Mediation BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Blanset v. CardinSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Capital Transit Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1951
- Kristensen v. McGrath Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Robert v. Ferry v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, Autrice Copeland Freeman v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- United States v. One 1961 Cadillac, General Motors Acceptance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
- Tooahnippah v. HickelSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Adams v. WitmerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- C. W. Brennan v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
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