Legal Opinion
Doolittle v. McConnell
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 21, 1924No. Civ. No. 2646PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUCK, J., pro tem.
This is an appeal from a decree of distribution involving the construction of a will and the ascertainment of the intention of the testatrix as expressed in her will regarding which of two classes of persons should be the beneficiary of a certain contingent remainder created by the will.
On behalf of the appellants who comprise nineteen nieces and nephews of the testatrix it is contended that it was "the intent of the testatrix to designate as the objects of her con tingent bounty that class of persons who under the law as she knew it to be at the time of the execution of her…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- McConnell v. DoolittleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
- Gilliam v. . Guaranty Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Harrison v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1835
- Matter of HoffmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Morris v. . SicklyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Church Home for Children of Protestant Episcopal Church v. LawrenceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- Estate of NorrisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1947
- San Francisco Presbyterian Orphanage & Farm v. HansonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
- In Re Estate of HartsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1933
- State v. EmoryIdaho Supreme Court · 1935
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