Bradford v. Matthews
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on appeals from a decree in a suit in equity for the construction of a will. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
The bill and cross bill filed in this case seek to obtain a judicial construction of the last will and testament of William E. Matthews, deceased. The will bears date the 12th of July, 1889, and Matthews, the testator, died on the 2d of May, 1894, and the will was admitted to probate on the 8th of March, 1895. The testator left surviving him a widow and one child, both being parties to these proceedings. By said will James T. Bradford and Howard H. Williams are made executors thereof, and are complainants in the original bill, and are two of the defendants in the cross bill. The cross bill is…
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- Smith and Others v. EdringtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1814
- Bradford v. BradfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
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