Legal Opinion
James v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 4, 1927No. D-1049PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGeai-iam, Judge
The plaintiffs are the executors of John Arthur James under ancillary letters testamentary issued in the State of New York on September 13, 1917.
John Arthur James, a British subject residing in London, died in that city on April 30, 1917, leaving a last will, in which he named the plaintiffs as his American executors to administer his personal estate situated in the United States. They duly qualified as such.
*387The plaintiffs’ testator some time prior to his death, being then the owner and holder of certain shares of stock, deposited them in fhe British treasury pursuant to the provisions of a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Provost v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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- Henry I. Fillman, Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Johann Heinrich Karl Wehrli, Also Known as Charles Wehrli v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966