National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Inc. v. Parson

DOWNEY, Chief Judge.

Appellants are the residuary beneficiaries of the Estate of Janet E. Lyon. Appellees, the executors of the said estate, were charged in a third amended complaint with negligence in the administration thereof. The trial court dismissed appellants’ third amended complaint with prejudice and this appeal ensued.

The Will in question made a number of cash bequests to relatives and directed that the residue of the estate should be turned into cash and divided equally among the appellants and another charitable beneficiary which has not joined in this action. It appears that the…