Legal Opinion
Estate of Morrison
California Supreme Court
Decided January 26, 1903No. S.F. No. 3021PublishedCited by 11 opinions
The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNES, C.
This appeal is from a final decree of distribution, and involves the interpretation of the residuary clause of the codicil to the will of Mrs. Julia Morrison, deceased.
Her will, dated August 1, 1891, was prepared by an attorney, and the codicil is olographic, and was made in 1894. She died December 18, 1895.
Two petitions for final distribution were filed, one by the executor, F. S. Wensinger, and the other by Edward R. Stet tinius, a legatee under the will, and were heard together. The residuary clause of the said codicil is as follows:—
“The real estate that I own at North Beach and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Haskell v. SargentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Rutherford v. LloydCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1930
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- Estate of BackestoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1925
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