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GASQUET v. FENNER

No. 261.

247 U.S. 16 (1918)

38 S.Ct. 416

62 L.Ed. 956

GASQUET v. FENNER, TESTAMENTARY EXECUTOR, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 6, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Winans Wall and Mr. G.T. Fitzhugh, with whom Mr. J.C. Gilmore and Mr. Thos. Gilmore were on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. George Denegre, with whom Mr. Victor Leovy and Mr. Henry H. Chaffe were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill brought by the appellant, alleging himself to be a citizen of Tennessee, to require the principal appellee, the executor under his mother's will, appointed and qualified in Louisiana, to pay over to him one-third of his mother's estate — that being the proportion to which he is admitted to be ultimately entitled. The defendants allege that the appellant...

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