Opinion

James Blair v. David E. Sloan, Administrator of the Estate of Mattie E. Brown

  • 288 F.2d 878
  • 110 U.S. App. D.C. 66
  • 1961 U.S. App. LEXIS 5033
Court
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Filed
Mar 23, 1961
Status
Published
On the bench
Per Curiam
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

PER CURIAM.

Alleging he was the common law husband of Mattie E. Brown when she died, and that therefore he is entitled to be the administrator of her estate, James Blair petitioned the District Court to vacate its order granting letters of administration to David E. Sloan, and to appoint him in Sloan’s stead. Sloan denied that a common law marriage had ever been contracted.

On conflicting evidence as to that issue, the District Court concluded there had been no common law marriage and dismissed the petition. We cannot say the conclusion was clearly erroneous.

Affirmed.

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