Estate of Mathewson
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County settling a final account. John M. York, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
This case is an appeal from an order settling a final account and allowing the husband, who was the administrator of the estate, the amount of $512.50 for the reasonable funeral expenses of his wife’s burial. The only heirs of the deceased were the appellant, who. was her mother, and the respondent, who was her husband.
The first point assigned as error is the allowance for funeral expenses. Upon that subject the court found that the husband was the owner of property in his own right of the value of $7,050; that he was a joint tenant with his wife of certain property of the value of eight…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re Estate of WeringerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by4 opinions
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