Brown v. San Francisco Gas Light Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiffs in the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Hunt, J. An agreed case was submitted to the Court below, in which the question was stated to be whether or not the defendant was required to transfer the stock to plaintiff, and whether it was liable to damages for refusing to do so; and judgment was entered that it should transfer the stock.
1Opinion of the Court
Myrick, J.:
From the agreed statement of facts it appears that Mathew Bird was a resident of the State of Hew York, in which State he died testate. By his will he nominated Mary Bird executrix and Edward O. Bird executor thereof. In the will was a clause “ that my said executrix and executor, and the survivor of them, shall have, and I hereby give to them, and the survivor of them, full power and lawful authority to sell and convey all or any part of my real or personal estate if they shall think proper and necessary to do so at any time after my decease.” The will was duly admitted to probate…
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