Legal Opinion
Rae E. Helms, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles W. Easterday, Deceased v. Raymond F. Duckworth
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 19, 1957No. 13714_1PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURGER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, administratrix of the estate of Charles W. Easterday, sued for cancellation of a stock purchase agreement between Easterday and appellee Duckworth, by which the survivor would acquire the decedent’s stock in a “two man” corporation. Both parties moved for summary judgment. The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of appellee.
The record discloses that in 1948 Easterday, then age 70, was engaged in business as a roofing and sheet metal contractor, an activity he had pursued for 45 years. Duckworth, then age 37, was employed by a roofing contractor.…
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