Legal Opinion
Burke v. Canfield
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 28, 1941No. 7607PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.
The District Court revoked letters of administration issued to appellant Burke and ordered that certain costs be assessed against him personally. The appeal has been taken to review these actions. The principal question concerns accountability for the value of the good will of a funeral business owned and operated by the decedent, Ellen Taltavull, at the time of her death in 1935. It is claimed that the administrator permitted this to be appropriated by another without authority of court and without compensation. The business was originally owned and conducted by…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Meinhard v. SalmonNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Metropolitan Bank v. St. Louis Dispatch Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Cowan v. . FairbrotherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
- Washburn v. National Wall-Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1897
- Macfadden v. JenkinsNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Seaboard Finance Company, Seaboard Finance Company, Cross v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, CrossCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- Ralph A. Skilken and Loretta Skilken v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
- Kronfeld v. Transworld Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1990
- AmSouth Bancorporation and Subsidiaries v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1988
- Newark Morning Ledger Co., as Successor to the Herald Company v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
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