State ex rel. Phinney v. Superior Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar. J.

In April, 1895, George H. Ileilbron died. He left a will, commonly called a “non-intervention will,” bequeathing his property to various relatives and appointing certain persons executors of the will. In May following, the will was admitted to probate, and the executors have continued in the administration of the estate, uninterrupted by the superior court, until after the taking effect of the law passed by the legislature in 1897, which we will hereafter notice. The estate was valued at about $13,000, against which there were liabilities…