Curdy v. Berton
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.
Madeline Curdy died February 9, 1877, in Alameda County, California. She left a will duly executed, in which, after bequests to several persons, including the plaintiff herein, there occurs the following: “I give in trust to Francis Berton, now Swiss consul in San Francisco, all the moneys I possess in France, and principally my share of the Italian rentes, deposited in the banking-house of Messrs. Hentsch, Lutscher, & Co., of Paris, to be distributed according to the private instructions I give him.” Berton was present when the will was made, and wrote it for the testatrix at her request;…
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