Washington v. Black
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Yolo County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.
James Moore died in 1884, leaving a will, which was afterward duly admitted to probate in Yolo County. He died possessed of a large estate. By *291his will he bequeathed, among other things, a handsome estate to his wife, the defendant, Mary A. Black, who since his death has married her co-defendant, James R. Black. He also bequeathed to her all of his personal property, in trust, to pay his debts, funeral expenses, and costs of administration, and the remainder of this personal property to her.
He devised to his daughter, Martha Washington, in fee, the south half of section 11, township 9 north,…
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