Estate of Wood
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.
This appeal is prosecuted from an order denying appellant’s application for a family allowance, she claiming to be the surviving widow of the deceased, Joseph M. ¡Wood. It is taken on a judgment-roll without the evidence, and the denial of the family allowance was based solely upon the ground that appellant’s marriage with the deceased was a nullity. The appellant, Abbie Rose Wood, and the deceased, Joseph M. Wood, were married at Reno, in the state of Nevada, on January 1, 1898. The marriage was by license, and solemnized in all respects according to the laws of that state. At the date of…
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