Mead v. Phillips

How courts have described this case

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• noting also that “though analogous in some respects,” this statute is not a statute of limitations
• District of Columbia Code amplified and defined by common law to extent subject not covered therein
• common law an important and substantial part of the law of the District of Columbia
• “[E]ven in the case of a woman of unbalanced mind, who can say how much of comfort and happiness may come from believing that her children or other dependents will be protected and cared for, during her lifetime and after her death”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).