Legal Opinion
Brownell v. Gebhardt
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 4, 1956No. Civ. 21741PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAshburn, J.
The Attorney General of the United States, acting in his capacity of successor to the Alien Property Custodian, 1 appeals from decree of distribution in the estate of Berta Zuber, deceased, because it denies him any participation therein by virtue of the custodian’s vesting order of .November 1, 1945. The challenged ruling was made upon the theory that respondents had a mere expectancy and did not take under decedent’s will any interest which the custodian could seize.
Decedent, a citizen of this country and a resident of Los Angeles County, died on February 7, 1944, leaving a last will which…
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