In re the Estate of Forney
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; George A. Barlett, Judge. In the Matter of the Estate of Charles F. Forney, Deceased. From the decree of distribution, and an order denying a motion for a new trial, the administrator and the State appeal. Sanders, J., dissenting. Under the law of California, decedent at no time occupied the legal status which enabled him by mere declarations and conduct to adopt claimant.
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Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; George A. Barlett, Judge. In the Matter of the Estate of Charles F. Forney, Deceased. From the decree of distribution, and an order denying a motion for a new trial, the administrator and the State appeal. Sanders, J., dissenting. Under the law of California, decedent at no time occupied the legal status which enabled him by mere declarations and conduct to adopt claimant. Decedent was not a man of family, and had no wife nor family home. In order to prevail, claimant must bring herself squarely within the provisions of the California…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Coleman, C. J.:
Charles F. Forney, long a resident of Truckee,J Cal., died leaving on deposit in certain banks in Reno, Nevada, the sum of $4,500. The public administrator of Washoe County, Nevada, qualified as administrator of the estate, and in due time filed his final report and petition for distribution, which alleges:
“That the whole of said estate is the separate property of said decedent, and that your petitioner is informed and believes, and therefore alleges the fact to be, said decedent at the time of his death left him surviving no wife, nor father, nor mother, nor…
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