Estate of Thramm
Opinion
Opinion
White, J.
Tom C. Clark, Attorney General of the United States, as successor to James E. Markham, Alien Property Custodian^ appeals from a decree of distribution denying the rights of the Alien Property Custodian to payment of bequests made to Ernst and Walter Thramp in the will of Maria Thramm, deceased. '
The testatrix died in Los Angeles County, California, on June 7, 1943, and her holographic will was admitted to probate in said county on July 6, 1943, and letters testamentary issued thereon to the Bank of America.
Insofar as pertinent to the issues involved on this appeal, the provisions of the will are as follows :
“To Mr. Ernst & Walter Thramp now living in Berlin, Germany, 37 Steinmetz Str. $2,000 each and if they be deceased to their heirs. Also my husband’s watch, his Mother’s diamoi ring, cuff buttons and old ring should go to Ernst & Walter Thramp.”
Following some eleven additional bequests to American nationals and after listing her assets, the decedent then provided :
“A year after my death my estate should be settled. If it is impossible to do so, with Germany, then everything should go to my brothers Otto & Fred Tilsner and their children.”