Legal Opinion
Estate of Cowell v. Minkel
California Supreme Court
Decided February 7, 1914No. S.F. No. 6675PublishedCited by 1 opinion
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco distributing the estate of a deceased person. Thomas F. Graham, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
This is an appeal by the residuary legatees of Ernest V. Cowell, deceased, from an order distributing to John Minkel, Lawrence Maney, James Riordan, Fritz Palm, Thomas Byrne, and F. A. Lance each a sum of money claimed by them, respectively, as legatees under the will of said deceased.
The case involves the meaning and application of the fifth and sixth clauses of the will, which are as follows:
“Fifth. To all employees of the Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Company now working for said firm at Santa Cruz, and who have been in said employ twenty years the sum of $1000.00 each and to all who have…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re Estate of CowellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915