Legal Opinion
Brownell v. Edmunds
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided March 7, 1953No. Civ. 287PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARKSDALE, District Judge.
On April 17, 1945, Mrs. Shirley M. Suhling, a citizen and resident of Lynchburg, Virginia, died, testate, her holographic will having been dated July 11, 1944, and admitted to probate on June 12, 1945. Mrs. Suhling’s husband, who predeceased her, was Johannes Suhling, a native of Bremen, Germany, who had been naturalized many years prior to his death. By her will, she first appointed a local trust company, her lawyer J. Easley Edmunds, Jr., and her son Thomas Fuller Torrey, as her executors. The latter two duly qualified, and are the defendants in this action, as is…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Haas v. GaddisWashington Supreme Court · 1890
- Conrad v. Conrad'sSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Skeen v. Clinchfield Coal Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1923
- Miller v. RouseDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1921
- Harvard Trust Co. v. Attorney Gen. of the United StatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ladue & Co. v. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
- Brownell, Atty. Gen. v. EdmundsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
- First National Bank v. KirschmannSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
- In Re Trusteeship Under Will of SchmidtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
- Brownell v. Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1956
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