Legal Opinion
Estate of Bray
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 15, 1964No. Civ. 21114PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSalsman, J.
This is an appeal by Belle Bray, 1 as co-executrix of the will of her late husband, Walter G. Bray, from an order of the probate court denying her objections to the final report and account of her coexecutor, and ordering distribution of the estate as prayed for in the report.
Appellant and decedent Walter G. Bray were married in 1919, and their marriage continued until decedent’s death in 1960. At the time of marriage neither party had any substantial amount of property. It is undisputed that all property involved in the present controversy is community property.
In 1929 decedent started a…
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