Young Women's Christian Home v. French
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. These are appeals from a decree of the Court of Appeals of tbe District of Columbia on a bill of interpleader exhibited in the Supreme Court of the District by the administrators with the will annexed of the estate of Sophia Rhodes, deceased.
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APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. These are appeals from a decree of the Court of Appeals of tbe District of Columbia on a bill of interpleader exhibited in the Supreme Court of the District by the administrators with the will annexed of the estate of Sophia Rhodes, deceased. At the conclusion of the administration there remained in the hands of the administrators a fund of $14,891.89 for distribution, which was claimed by the Young Women’s Christian Home, a corporation of the District of Columbia, created by act of Congress; the next of kin of Sophia Rhodes; and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
The rule is that there is no- presumption of survivorship in the case of persons who perish by a common disaster, in the absence of proof tending to show the order of dissolution, and that circumstances surrounding a calamity of the character appearing on this record are insufficient to create any presumption on which the courts can act. The question of.actual sur-vivorship. is regarded as unascertainable, and descent and distribution take the same course as if the deaths had been simultaneous, Underwood v. Wing, 4 De Gex, M. & G. 633; Wing v. Angrave, 8 H. L. Cas. 183; Newell v. Nichols, 12…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kenaday v. SinnottSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Newell v. . NicholsNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Robison v. Female Orphan Asylum of PortlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Cowman v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1891
3Cited by48 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- St. John v. Andrews Institute for GirlsNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Quinn v. BurtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Wall v. PfanschmidtIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Temple v. RussellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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