Estate of O'Connor

Mary Esther O’Connor died testate in the county of Los Angeles. Her will, including a codicil, was admitted to probate. Both in the will and codicil Lucy J. Hartman, a sister of the decedent, was made residuary legatee. In the codicil Charles F. Bailey, the respondent herein, was devised a lot at the corner of Figueroa and Sixty-seventh Streets, in the city of Los Angeles, and he was also made sole executor without bond. Certain property belonging to the estate and located at Los Nietos had been appraised at $15,000, based to a large extent on its probable oil and gas indications. This…