Madre v. Gaskins
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendant from a decree of tbe Supreme Court of the District of Columbia setting aside and vacating deeds of real estate. Tbe Court in tbe opinion stated tbe facts as follows: Tbis is an appeal from a decree in tbe supreme court of tbe District setting aside and vacating deeds of conveyance favorable to tbe appellant, tbe appellee, plaintiff below, being an heir at law of tbe deceased grantor.
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Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendant from a decree of tbe Supreme Court of the District of Columbia setting aside and vacating deeds of real estate. Tbe Court in tbe opinion stated tbe facts as follows: Tbis is an appeal from a decree in tbe supreme court of tbe District setting aside and vacating deeds of conveyance favorable to tbe appellant, tbe appellee, plaintiff below, being an heir at law of tbe deceased grantor. Tbe death of tbe grantor, Mary E. Newbum, occurred January 4, 1911, tbe cause being arterio sclerosis. Sbe was tben about seventy years of age. By doing washings, loaning out…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robb
The testimony above briefly outlined amounts to about this: The decedent, a woman evidently of strong mind and positive convictions, was sufficiently fond of defendant’s mother to name her as the principal beneficiary in her will. Upon the death of the defendant’s mother, the decedent herein evidently transferred her affection to the defendant, and the evidence leaves no room for doubt that the character of that relationship continued unchanged from that time on; and it was most natural in the circumstances. The decedent had no children of her own and had long been separated from her…
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- MacKall v. MacKallSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Conley v. NailorSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Towson v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Beyer v. LeFevreSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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- Kashouty v. DeepCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942