Walker v. Parker
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. The appellant!, John Walker, filed a bill in the Circuit Court of the county of Washington, stating that James Walker, late of Washington, by his last will and testament, had bequeathed to him and to his then wife* Ann Sophia Walker, since intermarried with George Parker,.one-third ofhis real estate, during her life, and in the event of her death; all the right…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. The appellant!, John Walker, filed a bill in the Circuit Court of the county of Washington, stating that James Walker, late of Washington, by his last will and testament, had bequeathed to him and to his then wife* Ann Sophia Walker, since intermarried with George Parker,.one-third ofhis real estate, during her life, and in the event of her death; all the right bequeathed to her is declared to be vested in his infant son, James Walker. James Walker, the son, claims the right in fee…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.. Justice M‘Lean
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This is an appeal froin the decree of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia.
The complainant filed his bill, stating that, as devisee of James Walker, he claims the fee in lot numbered six, in square one hundred and six, with all the improvements thereon, in t the city of Washington; and also under a deed- fioraMargaretand James Peck, lots numbered twenty-one and- twenty-two, in the 'same square, which lots wére devised to the said Margaret in the samé will. And that the wife of the devisor, since intermarried with George Parker,…
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