Legal Opinion

Atwood v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided January 14, 1921No. 1479PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island; Arthur L,. Brown, Judge. Suit by Kate Atwood and another against the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company and others. From a decree dismissing the bill {264 Fed. 360), plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

This is a proceeding in equity, in which it is sought to have the residuary clause of the will of Theodore M. Davis declared inoperative and void. Kate Atwood, a resident of Massachusetts and a half sister of the testator, brings the suit in her individual capacity and as executrix of the estate of Gertrude Galloway, a sister of the testator.. Theodore Davis Boal, a resident of Pennsylvania and executor of the will of Annie B. Davis, widow of the testator, is also a party plaintiff.

The bill originally was brought against the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, a Rhode…

2Cited by33 opinions

  1. Bank of California v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
  2. Helen McLanahan Stevens v. Chauncey C. LoomisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964
  3. Ellis B. Grady, Jr., Administrator, C.T.A., of Margarette W. Rodgers, Deceased v. Richard Eugene IrvineCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
  4. Warsco v. Oshkosh Savings & Trust Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Trombino v. Transit Casualty Co.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1986

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