Case Name: SPRIGGS v. STONE et al.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1949-05-23
Citations: 174 F.2d 671
Docket Number: No. 9927
Parties: SPRIGGS v. STONE et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 174
Pages: 671–671

Head Matter:
SPRIGGS v. STONE et al.
No. 9927.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued April 18, 1949.
Decided May 23, 1949.
Mr. Kahl K. Spriggs, Washington, D. C., appellant pro se.
Mr. Francis W. Hill, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Augustus P. Cren-shaw, III, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.
Before EDGERTON and WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judges, and JAMES W. MORRIS, District Judge sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The District Court sitting as a probate court entered an order construing a will. Although devisees adversely affected by the order were parties, they did not appeal. Devisees favorably affected by the order have moved to dismiss an appeal taken by the executor.
"Any party aggrieved by any final order may appeal D. C.Code 1940 § 17 — 101. As a general rule an, executor is not aggrieved and therefore cannot appeal unless either the estate as a whole is affected, or else his individual interests are affected as by an order refusing probate or removing the executor or disallowing an expenditure he has made. He cannot appeal for the protection of the interests of particular devisees or legatees who are able to protect themselves by taking an appeal of their own. Cf. Barksdale v. Morgan, 34 App.D.C. 549. Webb v. Lohnes, 68 App.D.C. 310, 96 F.2d 582, is not to the contrary.
Appeal dismissed.