Estate of Burnison

This is an appeal from an order denying distribution of the decedent’s estate to his heirs—three brothers, a sister, and 13 nieces and nephews—and sustaining the objections of the United States of America, the sole beneficiary under the terms of the will. The entire estate—consisting of personal property appraised at $22,668.70—was left to “The United States government U.S.A. ’ ’ Appellant maintains that the “United States of America is not authorized by statute or otherwise to take under a will executed in the State of California by a resident” thereof, that the testamentary “bequest” is…