Legal Opinion
Hazen v. American Security & Trust Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 5, 1920No. 3287PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Suit by William P. C. Hazen and others against the American Security & Trust Company, as executor and trustee under the last will and testament of Abraham D. Hazen, deceased, and others. From a decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
The seventh paragraph of the will of Abraham D. Hazen, who died in this District on December 4, 1901, reads as follows:
“Seventh. Upon the death of my said wife, the said company, hereinafter designated as ‘my executor,’ shall, after the appraisal mentioned in the next preceding item of this will shall have been made, submit the same to my said adopted daughter, who may select one-half in value of the parts or parcels composing said real and personal estate belonging to my estate and remaining at my wife’s death, and thereupon said company shall hold said one-half of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gray v. WhittemoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Landram v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Pulitzer v. LivingstonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1896
3Cited by6 opinions
- Gertman v. BurdickCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Bankers Trust Co. v. GarverSupreme Court of Iowa · 1936
- Alexewicz v. General Aniline & Film Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1943
- AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY v. CramerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1959
- Cennamo v. American Security & Trust Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1973
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