Legal Opinion
In re Estate of Berg
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
Decided December 23, 1908No. 6,447Published
Application by Gaston E. Bacon for the probate of a will and for the letters testamentary thereon as executor according to the tenor of the will; and application by the public administrator for letters of administration with the will annexed.
1Opinion of the CourtCoffey, J.
Decedent testatrix was a single woman, aged about forty-five, a native of Norway, and died in Sonoma county, California, in August, 1908, leaving estate in San Francisco, and leaving a last will and testament in the Norwegian language, entirely written, dated, and signed by her own hand, which, translated, reads as follows.
“2695 Sacramento St.
“Mrs. Pauline Lyng,
"If there is any money left by me when I die, I wish that you shall have it, also my watch and my clothes. I have no relatives here and this my wish must not be changed.
“This I wrote the 25th day of February, 1904.
“SINA BERG.
“If you…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Carpenter v. CameronSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1838
- Bayeaux v. BayeauxNew York Court of Chancery · 1840
- Grant v. SpannMississippi Supreme Court · 1857
- Stone v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 1856
- Strode v. BiermanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
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