Legal Opinion

In re Estate of Weringer

California Supreme Court

Decided November 25, 1893No. 19184PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Kern County settling an administrator’s annual account. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court,

1Opinion of the CourtPatebson, J.

This is an appeal from a decree settling an annual account of the administrator.

Among the items allowed were the following: “Dr. Cook, medical services last illness, $45.50; Dr. Fergus-son, same, $10.50; Dr. Rogers, same, $50; Blodget & Dudley, drugs, $18.35; Mary Dougherty, nurse last illness, $25.” We think the objections to these items were properly taken by the contestant, and that they were improperly allowed. (Civil Code, sec. 174; Gerlach v. Terry, 75 Cal. 290.) The administrator testified as follows: “Before and at the time that my said wife, Lucy Weringer, died, I was engaged in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smyley v. ReeseSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  2. Staples's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1884
  3. Gerlach v. TerryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Odone v. MarzocchiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
  2. Kenyon v. BrightwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  3. Stonesifer v. ShriverCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1904
  4. Bruggemeyer v. ZimmermanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
  5. Kelley v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910

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