Ohlendiek v. Schuler

DONAHUE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Wilhelmine Ohlendiek, a citizen and resident of Germany, brought an action against the executrix and the legatees and devisees of Henry Roettcher, deceased, for specific performance of a contract to bequeath to her by will $6,000, to be paid out of promisor’s estate within four months after his decease.

Henry Roettcher was an American citizen, residing in Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio. In March, 1914, he went to Germany, and never returned to this country. He died January 20, 1920, at Luebbecke, in Westphalia, Germany. The amended complaint alleges, in…