Kramer v. Kramer
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal and Cross-Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia; William T. Newman, Judge. Controversy between Ruth Kramer and Ernest W. Kramer and Charles A. Lyle, as executor of the will of Ernest G. Kramer, deceased, concerning the construction of the will. From a decree construing the will (Kramer v. Lyle, 197 Fed. 618) Ruth Kramer appeals, and Ernest W. Kramer prosecutes a cross-appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SHELBY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a decree of the District Court construing the will of Ernest G. Kramer. The controversy is between Ruth Kramer, the widow and a legatee of the testator, and Ernest W. Kramer, the only child and also a legatee of the testator. There are many assignments of error on the appeal and cross-appeal, but we are of the opinion that none of them is well taken, except the first assignment on the appeal. For convenience of reference, the will is copied in the margin.1
*251By the first item of his will the testator bequeathed to his wife, Ruth…
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- Utermehle v. NormentSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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- Snyder's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Adams v. CowenSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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