Legal Opinion
Tschiffely v. Tschiffely
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 7, 1939No. 7241PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Associate Justice.
The appellants, Claude Tschiffely, Dolly T. Myers, and C. Stott Tschiffely, plaintiffs below, appeal from an order of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia dismissing their amended complaint, upon the ground that it was wanting in equity. By this complaint, the appellants sought to establish and enforce an express trust of lands of which, as children of one Frederick A. Tschiffely, Jr., deceased, they claim to be beneficiaries. The applicable section of the Statute of Frauds, D.C.Code (1929) tit. 11, § 3, which we print in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Straw v. MowerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1925
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- Martin v. BairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Austin v. YoungNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1919
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3Cited by4 opinions
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