Legal Opinion
Francis S. Browne v. W. Carroll Brooke, Emma Smallzel Wacker, and Eleanor N. Jenkins
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 16, 1956No. 12792_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
In the District Court a trial was had before a jury on issues framed as to the validity of an instrument dated November 13, 1952, offered by Francis S. Browne, appellant, as the last will and testament of Mildred Nyman, deceased. A caveat had been filed by W. Carroll Brooke, an appellee, cousin of the decedent and a devisee and legatee named in an earlier will. Eleanor N. Jenkins, niece of deceased, and Emma S. Wacker, another relative and devisee and legatee under the earlier instrument, both of whom are also appellees, joined in the caveat. The jury returned a verdict…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- George Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Smart v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Weitz v. Mound City Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1893
- Denton v. LakeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925
3Cited by3 opinions
- Fisher v. SmallDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960
- Feirson v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2005
- Francis S. Browne v. W. Carroll Brooke, Emma Smallzel Wacker, and Eleanor N. JenkinsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956