Legal Opinion

Charles R. Vose, Inc. v. Evans

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided May 7, 1963No. Nos. 14157-14160PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

These are four consolidated appeals1 from the judgment of the district court raising a common question as to the interpretation of a will.

Charles R. Vose, a domiciliary of the-Virgin Islands, died in a plane crash on July 10, 1957, leaving a gross estate of approximately five and one half million dollars. His estate had been accumulated over the years as a result of the diverse-business enterprises which he carried on in both corporate and non-corporate form. Primary and central to all such commercial activity, however, was his. operation of an insurance brokerage…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Robert H. Fox Co. v. Keystone Driller Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
  3. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cardinale Trucking CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
  4. In re the Estate of BelowDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1958

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In the Matter of the Estate of Charles Redfield Vose, A/K/A C. R. Vose, Deceased. In the Matter of the Petition of the Executors of Said Estate for the Construction of Said Decedent's Will and Instructions as to the Property Distributable to 'Charles R. Vose, Inc.,' and the Persons to Whom and the Shares in Which the Stock of Said Corporation Should Be Distributed, , Pursuant to Article 'Fourth' of Said Will, Charles R. Rose, Inc., Charles R. Vose, Inc. v. William Houston Evans, as Executors of Estate of C. R. Vose, Deceased(two Cases). Charles R. Vose, Inc. v. Bluebeard's Castle, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963

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