Legal Opinion
Stone v. Stokes
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 15, 1947No. 9478PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court construing Section 1 of the will of Sylvanus Stokes (who died in 1934), particularly clauses (e) and (f) thereof. Section 1 is reproduced in the margin.1 The complaint asking for the construction *706was filed by appellee, a daughter-in-law of the testator. She named as defendants the surviving trustee under the will and the testator’s three grandchildren. From a judgment construing the controversial clauses favorably to appellee’s contentions one of the grandchildren appeals, the others having agreed in their answer…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Smith T. v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Finlay v. King's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Walker v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1935
- Price v. Cole's Ex'xSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
- Baldwin v. National Savings & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Estate of Jerome Mittleman, Deceased, Henrietta Mittleman, Irving B. Yochelson and Solomon Grossberg, Executors v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- In Re Estate of Lois Glover, Deceased. Mary Glover and Alice Glover v. Harry TaylorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Greene v. MurphyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1952
- In Re Estate of Mary Inez Stone, Also Known as M. Inez Stone. Amelia Frances Calder v. Edmund D. CampbellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972