Hauptman v. Carpenter
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia sitting as an equity court, in a suit for the construction of a will. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. 1. Upon the death of Daniel Hauptman the real estate was eo instanti converted into money. Allison v. Wilson, 13 S. & R. 332; Peter v. Beverly, 10 Pet. 562; McCullough v. Dashiell, 1 H. & G. 96; Smith v. Hooper, 23 Md. 273; Thomas v. Wood, 1 Md.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia sitting as an equity court, in a suit for the construction of a will. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. 1. Upon the death of Daniel Hauptman the real estate was eo instanti converted into money. Allison v. Wilson, 13 S. & R. 332; Peter v. Beverly, 10 Pet. 562; McCullough v. Dashiell, 1 H. & G. 96; Smith v. Hooper, 23 Md. 273; Thomas v. Wood, 1 Md. Ch. 296. 2. The will is to be governed as to the law of conversion, the class of those designated to take in remainder, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
This is a suit in equity involving the construction of the will of Daniel Hauptman, who died November 4,1873. The will bears date May 31, 1869, and was executed with due formality.
*526The important provisions of the will are the following:
“I give devise and. bequeath all of my real estate and personal property to my children Charles W. Hauptman, Mary Ellen Hauptman, Adelia Hauptman, or such of them as shall survive me, for, during and until the full end and term of their natural lives, and with this qualification if either of them shall many, the interests and estates of such so marrying shall…
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- McArthur v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Doe v. ConsidineSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- Cropley v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Reiff v. StriteCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1880
- Thompson v. TryonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1894
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