Legal Opinion
Estate of Cottrill
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 14, 1944No. Civ. 14367PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD (Parker), J.—
Minnie F. Cottrill died on August 9, 1941. She left an holographic will dated January 10, 1939, to which there were two codicils. The last codicil was dated June 20, 1940. The estate was of the approximate value of $49,000. Her only heir was a niece, the appellant. The will and codicils were admitted to probate and provided that the estate should be distributed as follows: $50 to the niece; $105, in the aggregate, to other persons; and the residue to The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. Said church was a charitable institution.
On May 17, 1943, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Moore v. DuryeeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
- In Re Estate of GrahamCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1923
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