In Re the Estate of McGee
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a decree of the Superior Court of Santa Barbara County distributing tbe estate of a deceased person. S. E. Crow, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSloss, J.
Hugh Patrick McGee died testate in January, 1902, leaving a widow, Catherine McGee, and six children, all of whom were over the age of majority. His estate consisted in part of a tract of 154.89 acres of land in Mendocino County, which was his separate property. During the lifetime of the decedent, his wife, Catherine McGee, had made a declaration of homestead upon this land. The decedent did not join in the selection and declaration. The will devised all of the testator’s estate to his six children in equal shares. It was duly admitted to probate in the superior court of Santa Barbara…
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