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HAMMOND'S ADM. v. WASHINGTON'S EXEC.

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42 U.S. 14 (1843)

1 How. 14

11 L.Ed. 30

GEORGE W. HAMMOND, ADMINISTRATOR DE BONIS NON OF THOMAS HAMMOND, DECEASED, AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. LORENZO LEWIS, EXECUTOR OF LAWRENCE LEWIS, DECEASED, WHO WAS THE ACTING EXECUTOR OF GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 23, 1843.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coxe, for the appellant.

Jones, for the appellees.

Mr. Justice DANIEL delivered the opinion of the court.

This is the case of an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of Columbia.

This suit was originally of an amicable character, and was instituted at the request of the executors of General George Washington, by the legatees under his will, with a view to a definitive settlement of the accounts of the executors and a distribution...

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