Smith v. Westerfield
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Nevada County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
William Westerfield died intestate in Nevada County, October 16, 1888, and on the 29th of that month letters of administration upon his estate ■were issued out of the superior court of that county to the public administrator. February 27, 1889, the plaintiffs herein filed in said superior court their petition in the matter of said estate for a determination by the court of the interests of all parties in the estate, and to whom distribution thereof should be made, and that upon final hearing thereof they be declared to be the sole heirs of said estate, and that the estate be distributed to…
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