Legal Opinion
Estate of Munson
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 29, 1942No. Civ. 13677PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOULD, J. pro tem.
By a will and codicils thereto admitted to probate September 30, 1940, Mrs. Nellie A. Munson devised an estate thereafter appraised at $38,549.09. After numerous specific bequests to friends, relatives and organizations, the will, dated March 23, 1940, contains the following provisions pertinent to this appeal:
“I leave . . . [various stocks, bonds and bank accounts therein enumerated] all the foregoing for a University Permanent Scholarship Fund to be known as the ‘Munson (O. F.) Memorial Scholarship Fund, left in his memory by his wife, Nellie A. Munson. ’ The interest from…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- McConnell v. DoolittleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
- Estate of PhelpsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
- In Re Estate of McCurdyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
- Purington v. McPhersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1926
3Cited by5 opinions
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