Castle v. Castle
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii. In the matter of the estate of James Bicknell Castle, deceased. William R. Castle, Eorrin A. Thurston, and Alfred E. Castle, trustees under the will, appealed from an order of distribution of the circuit court, and from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, reversing such order, Julia White Castle brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
Julia White Castle is the widow of James Bicknell Castle, who died in Hawaii in 1918, leaving a will under the terms of which the widow was bequeathed certain real estate and a monthly allowance of not less than $1,500. Among other assets of the estate were the proceeds of insurance policies, which, after deducting certain allowances properly due the companies, aggregated approximately $54,000. The widow elected to take her dower right in the estate, and property to the amount of $181,250 was assigned to her. When the final account of the trustees under the will was…
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