Legal Opinion

In re Gallen

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided March 5, 1937No. 5153PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LETTS, Justice.

This matter comes before the court on exceptions to the report of the auditor. The sole question involved is. the meaning of the language of section 115b of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia (as added by Act June 30, 1902, 32 Stat. 524), as amended by Act of Congress approved February 10, 1927, 44 Stat. 1067 (D.C.Code 1929, T. 16, § 2). The language pertinent to this inquiry reads:

“The equity court shall have full power * * * to make such orders and decrees for the care of their [lunatics’] persons and the management and preservation of their estates, including the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hines v. ParegolCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1935

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Mercantile Trust Co. National Ass'n v. JaegerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970

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