In re the Estate of Stevens
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a decree of the Superior Court of Sacramento County settling the final account of an executrix and. distributing the estate of a deceased person. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.
— Appeal by executrix, Lydia M. Stevens, from a judgment settling her accounts as executrix of the above-named decedent.
The appellant is the widow of the testator. The testator died on the 11th of February, 1888, and she was appointed and qualified as executrix of the last will of the testator on the 17th of March following. The testator was for man)>r years prior to his death in the employment of the Southern Pacific Company as its general master-mechanic, at a salary of five hundred dollars per month. He had drawn his salary for the month of January, 1888, and his full salary for the month…
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