Ladd v. Tallman’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “It has been repeatedly held, and we know of no decision to the contrary, that federal courts may not take jurisdiction in cases involving the probate of a will or cases attempting to disturb the possession of an estate properly in the hands of a state probate court or involving the conclusiveness of judgments of state courts in such matters. [Citations omitted.] As was said by Mr. Justice Day in Waterman v. Canal-Louisiana Bank & Trust Co., [ 215 U.S. 33 (1909) ]: ‘For it is the result of the cases that, in so far as the probate administration of the estate is concerned in the payment of debts, and the settlement of the accounts by the executor or administrator, the jurisdiction of the probate court may not be interfered with.’”

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