Estate of Latour
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Garret W. McEnerney, W. S. Tinning, Robert C. Porter, W. B. Treadwell, and John S. Drum, for Appellant. The superior court of San Francisco had no jurisdiction, as deceased was living in Lake County when he died, and there registered and voted. (Code Civ.
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The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Garret W. McEnerney, W. S. Tinning, Robert C. Porter, W. B. Treadwell, and John S. Drum, for Appellant. The superior court of San Francisco had no jurisdiction, as deceased was living in Lake County when he died, and there registered and voted. (Code Civ. Proc., sec. 1294, subd. 1; Estate of Harlan, 24 Cal. 182;1 Wolf v. McGavok, 23 Wis. 516, 518; Moffett v. Hill, 131 Ill. 239, 244; Kellogg v. Oshkosh, 14 Wis. 623, 628; Shaton v. Tiffin, 6 How. 163, 185.) Jurisdiction of the person may be acquired by consent, but jurisdiction over the…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] This is an appeal from an order of the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco admitting the will of deceased to probate and appointing Caroline Ford executrix thereof. The widow of deceased and four others, claiming to be brothers and sisters of deceased, contested the probate of the will, of whom only the widow, Catherine Latour, appeals. In her written grounds of opposition to the probate contestant alleged that the alleged will was not…
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