First National Bank v. Thomason

KRUCKER, Chief Judge.

Arthur Marshal Foreman died a resident of Arizona, and the entire estate consisted of community property acquired by himself and his wife, Mary R. Foreman, over a long period of years. Mr. Foreman, at the time of his death, was over 90 years old and his wife, Mary, since deceased, was in her eighties.

The lower court held that the estate consisted only of deceased’s undivided one-half of the entire community estate and ordered that all costs and charges of administration, including attorney’s fees, executor’s fees, and family allowance were payable only from the deceased’s…