Legal Opinion

Dowdy v. Hawfield. Dowdy v. Hawfield

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 1, 1951No. 10475, 10724PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

These two cases are appeals from orders of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Circuit. No. 10,475 is an appeal from the order of the Probate Court denying appellants’ motion to intervene and stay proceedings in the administration of the estate of Mary E. Ellyson. No. 10,724 is an appeal from a dismissal of the appellants’ second amended complaint on a motion to dismiss filed by the appel-lees.

On March 4, 1947, the Probate Court entered its decree admitting to probate the last will and testament of Mary E. Ellyson, after trial by jury of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. ThrockmortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Pure Oil Co. v. RossCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
  4. Pollard v. HawfieldCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
  5. Josserand v. TaylorCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1946

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Cascade Natural Gas Corp. v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Shammas v. ShammasSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
  3. Lockwood v. BowlesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1969
  4. Sylvia Averbach v. Rival Manufacturing CoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
  5. Hartley Pen Co. v. Lindy Pen Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1954

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