Garwood v. Garwood

By the Court, Sanderson, J.

This is an appeal from an order of the Probate Court of the City and County of San Francisco, denying to Joseph Garwood the right to appear and contest the settlement of the first annual account of Henrietta M. Garwood as administratrix of the estate of her husband, Joseph S. Garwood, deceased.

The facts of the case are substantially as follows:

On the 22d of February, 1863, Joseph S. Garwood died intestate, seized and possessed of real and personal property in this State of considerable value, leaving him surviving his wife, Henrietta M. Garwood, the respondent in…