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RIGGS NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, D. C. v. SUMMERLIN

Civ. A. No. 187-69.

300 F.Supp. 1000 (1969)

The RIGGS NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, D. C., Trustee under the Will of Henrietta V. Johnston, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. John V. SUMMERLIN, Jr., Harriott Summerlin Humphrey, Dolores Summerlin Kelchner, Elna Barrett Summerlin, Virginia Summerlin Wilcox, Elizabeth Zolnay Sullivan, Margaret Emmet Sullivan, Henrietta Vandergrift Sullivan, Harriott Page Humphrey, Peter Gage Humphrey, Walcott Juliess Humphrey IV, and the Washington Foundation, the Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C., Trustee, Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

June 20, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick M. Bradley, and James E. Murray, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Riggs Nat. Bank.

Alfred L. Scanlan, Washington, D. C., John J. Tommaney, New York City, for defendants John V. Summerlin, Jr., and Harriott Summerlin Humphrey.

Calvin H. Cobb, Jr., Washington, D. C., for defendant Virginia Summerlin Wilcox.

Brainard J. Warner, III, Washington, D. C., for defendants Elna Barrett Summerlin and Dolores Summerlin Kelchner.

J. Gordon Forester, Jr., Washington, D. C., guardian ad litem for minor defendants Elizabeth Zolnay Sullivan, Margaret Emmet Sullivan and Henrietta Vandergrift Summerlin.

Arthur G. Nichols, Jr., Washington, D. C., for defendant Washington Foundation, Frederick C. LeComte, guardian ad litem for minor defendants Harriott Page Humphrey, Peter Gage Humphrey and Walcott Juliess Humphrey, IV.

MEMORANDUM

JOHN LEWIS SMITH, Jr., District Judge.

Plaintiff, as trustee, brings this action for construction and interpretation of a will to ascertain the interests of the defendants and for guidance as to future distributions. This court has jurisdiction under D.C.Code § 11-521 (1967 ed.), 28 U.S.C.A. § 2201, and Rule 57 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The will, dated March 22, 1929, is that of Mrs. Henrietta V. Johnston who died on March...

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