Legal Opinion

Atwood v. Kleberg

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 2, 1947No. Nos. 11704, 11717, 11718PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEE, Circuit Judge.

These three appeals, with the two in Nos. 11,625 and 11,658, 5 Cir., 163 F.2d 104, which were submitted at the same time, test the correctness of decrees,1 bringing to an end in the District Court a lo;.g standing and bitter family controversy 2 between ap*111pellants, grandchildren and devisees of Mrs. King, on the one hand, and, on the other, the remaining devisees and the trustees appointed by Mrs. King to carry out her will.

Appealing from these judgments, plaintiffs are insisting, as to the judgment in the accounting suit, that the decree must be reversed and remanded for…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Sayers v. PylandTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  2. McMullen v. SimsTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
  3. Atwood v. KlebergCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
  4. Brooking v. McCutchenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
  5. Atwood v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Buza v. Columbia Lumber CompanyAlaska Supreme Court · 1964
  2. Luther M. Powell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  3. Maryland Casualty Company v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  4. Estate of GreenleafCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1951
  5. United States v. GatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967

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