Estate of Merrill

This is a motion to dismiss five appeals on the ground that the principal judgment from which the appeals stem “has been fully paid and satisfied, and all questions relating thereto are now moot. ” A “ Certificate Re Dismissal,” prepared by the county clerk and filed as provided by Rule 42, Rules on Appeal (22 Cal.2d 1, 29), shows the following chronology of events pertinent to the disposition of said motion.

On December 19, 1945, judgment was entered in settlement of the final account of the former special administrator. The court had previously ordered his removal as representative of the…