Legal Opinion
Estate of Dillehunt
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 19, 1959No. Civ. 6213PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MONROE, J. pro tem. *
The deceased, Lallah 7¡. Dillehunt, died in 1957, leaving a will executed October 31, 1950. The will provided that the husband of deceased should take all of her property if he survived her, and otherwise it should go to her daughter, Ceeile A. Gray. This will was duly admitted to probate. Thereafter, the petitioner, Anthony Orfila, filed his petition for determining interest in the estate, alleging that he was the pretermitted grandson of the deceased, being the son of a deceased son. The husband of the deceased died before her, so that by the terms of the will, as…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Estate of PriceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942
- Esposito v. RodriguezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
- Estate of FritzCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1951
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