Hill v. Purdy
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by an intervener from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as an equity court, construing wills and directing the partition of certain real estate devised by the testators and accountings in respect of funds arising in the administration of the estates.
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Hearing on an appeal by an intervener from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as an equity court, construing wills and directing the partition of certain real estate devised by the testators and accountings in respect of funds arising in the administration of the estates. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from a decree in equity of the supreme court of the District of Columbia construing' the wills of John Purdy, Eebecca Wallace, and Virginia Thompson, deceased; ordering partition by sale of certain real estate devised by…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Hitz,
of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, who sat with the Court in the hearing and determination of the appeal in the place of Mr. Chief dustice Shepard, delivered the opinion of the Court:
After consideration of all questions presented by the record and by the arguments of counsel, we conclude that the decree appealed from was correct and should be affirmed, with costs; and it is so ordered.
And this court adopts as its own the learned opinion of Mr. dustice Gould filed in the supreme court of the District of Columbia in connection with the final decree of that Court:
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fisher v. WagnerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1909
- Loring v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1887