Estate of Stanford
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco for the payment of a tax upon collateral bequests. J. Y. Coffey, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtYan Dyke, J.
—Leland Stanford died June 21, 1893, leaving a last will and testament by which he gave the sum of two* million five hundred thousand dollars to certain trustees for the benefit of Leland Stanford Junior University, and also legacies amounting to two million two hundred thousand dollars to certain of his nephews and nieces. April 14, 1896, the sunerior court of San Francisco, in which the settlement of said estate was pending, on application of the treasurer of the city and county of San Francisco, made an order requiring Jane L. Stanford, as executrix of the last will and testament of said…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Matter of Estate of SwiftNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- In re the Estate of WilmerdingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
- First Natl. Bank of San Luis Obispo v. HendersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
3Cited by70 opinions
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- Mannheim v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Potter v. ChambersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
- Middlebrook v. PerkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
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