Legal Opinion
Lee v. Lee
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 4, 1925No. 4173PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
Appellant, Mary M. Lee, filed a bill in equity in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia seeking the partition and delivery to her of certain family relics and heirlooms alleged to belong to her husband’s estate. Prom a decree dismissing the bill, this appeal is prosecuted.
It appears that appellant is the widow of one Col. Robert E. Lee, and the executrix and residuary legatee under the will of her husband. Robert E. Lee was a grandson of Gen. Robert E. Lee. The relics and heirlooms, of which she seeks a partition, originally belonged to Gen. Lee and to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Beaver v. . BeaverNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Basket v. HassellSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Allen-West Commission Co. v. GrumblesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
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- Marshall v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
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