Barksdale v. Morgan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
• Hearing on an appeal by the complainant from a decree of tbe Supreme -Court of tbe District of Columbia sustaining exceptions to a report of the auditor allowing counsel fees to counsel employed by tbe complainant as executor in a will contest, and also on a motion to dismiss tbe appeal.
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• Hearing on an appeal by the complainant from a decree of tbe Supreme -Court of tbe District of Columbia sustaining exceptions to a report of the auditor allowing counsel fees to counsel employed by tbe complainant as executor in a will contest, and also on a motion to dismiss tbe appeal. Tbe Court in tbe opinion stated tbe facts as follows: This is an appeal from a final decree of tbe supreme court of tbe District of Columbia in equity refusing appellant, Noel W. Barksdale, an allowance of an attorney’s fee as a claim against tbe estate of which he is executor. It appears that one Charles…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdel
At the outset we are met with a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the appellant has no interest in the appeal: “First, because, as executor of the estate of Charles It. Morgan, he should resist any claims against the estate, or, at least, remain neutral;.and, second, because, as executor, he has no interest in the claim presented by Andrew A. Wilson, and certainly has no right to appeal from a decree denying the claim.” It is clearly apparent that the motion to dismiss must be sustained. Under our statute, it is a condition precedent to the right of appeal that the appellant…
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- National Bank of Washington v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Louis Heilman v. Louis GinbergCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Spriggs v. StoneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
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