In Re Estate of Blake
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Edward G. Sessions, Jr., administrator of the estate of Ethel Pomroy Soule, deceased, appearing in pro, per., Appellant in S. F. No. 5,087. Samuel Poorman, Jr., for Beach Carter Soule, Jr., and Everett Pomroy Soule, minors, Appellants in S. F. No. 5,088. Charles S. Wheeler and J. F. Bowie, for Alice S. Blake, as trustee, and Alice S. Blake, individually, and Helen F. Witcher, Respondents in both appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLorigan, J.
Francis Blake died in 1888, leaving his widow, Mary C. Blake, two daughters, Alice S. Blake and Helen F. Witcher, and a granddaughter, Ethel Pomroy, then nine years of age, a child of a deceased daughter, as his heirs at law. He left a large estate and a holographic will, by which having made certain bequests, he then devised the rest and residue of his estate to trustees in trust, first, to pay a large number of bequests, and then:— ,
• “After the payments of the bequests enumerated in article III, I direct my said executrix, executors and trustees to convert the rest and residue of my…
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