Morrison v. Bowman
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Sonoma County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Currey, J.
Stephen Smith, of Bodega, in Sonoma County, died in November, 1855, possessed of a large estate, real and personal, in said county. In August, 1854, he made his last will and testament by which he undertook to make disposition of his property: At the time of his death he left surviving him his wife, Manuella T. Smith, who was the mother of three of his children. He also left surviving him four other children, the offsprings of a former marriage. At the time of his death he owned the Bodega Rancho, consisting of eight leagues of land, and he and his wife owned the…
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