Legal Opinion

Perkins v. Berger

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided November 27, 1944No. 8697PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court, sitting as, a Probate Court,1 which removed appellant as administratrix c.t.a. of her son’s estate. The son’s will, divided the residuary estate between appellant and appellee. Appellant, as a creditor in her own right, filed substantial claims against the estate. Most of them were subject to the bar of the statute of limitations. The court removed appellant and substituted a disinterested person as administrator, upon appellee’s petition, on the sole ground that appellant was not a suitable person to exercise…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Carolene Products Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. State ex rel. Stevenson v. ReigartCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1843
  3. Watkins v. RivesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
  4. Clawans v. SheetzCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
  5. Hawley v. HawleyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Briggs and Co. v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
  2. Talbert v. ReevesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
  3. Corinne B. Randall v. Grace Fitzpatrick BockhorstCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
  4. Harry A. Goldsborough v. John Marshall, Harry A. Goldsborough v. William T. WardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
  5. Charles Patton Henry v. Joseph A. Grimes, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964

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