Legal Opinion
Umsted v. Umsted
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 14, 2006No. 05-1484PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Katherine Umsted, Alexandra Stodghill and Truxton Umsted, Jr. (collectively, “the grandchildren”), brought an action claiming that their late uncle Scott Umsted, Jr. had tortiously interfered with their expectancy in an inheritance. The district granted summary judgment to the defendants, the co-executors of the uncle’s estate. We affirm.
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Scott Umsted, Sr. and his wife Margaret Umsted had two children, Scott Jr. and Truxton Umsted. Truxton, who prede ceased his parents, had three children, Katherine, Alexandra and Truxton Jr. After Scott Sr. died in 1979,…
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