In re the Estate of Johnson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the -Superior Court of San Joaquin County, and from an orde:.- refusing to revoke letters of administration and denying an application for such letters. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Haven, J.
— Appeal from an order of the superior court denying the petition of Mary Eliza Johnson Howell for the revocation of letters of administration issued to one Eugene W. Kay upon the estate of William B. Johnson, deceased, and for her appointment as administratrix of said estate. The proceeding was commenced under section 1383 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
The petitioner claims to be the legally adopted child of the deceased, and whether she is or not is the only question presented by this appeal.
It appears from the evidence that on July 8, 1874, the petitioner was a motherless child five years…
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