Legal Opinion
Lynch v. Surprise Valley Lodge No. 235
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 22, 1972No. Civ. 12970PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERSEN, J. *
George M. Kober resided in the town of Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, State of California, in the 1880’s. He subsequently moved to Washington, D.C., and thereafter died a resident of that district, and his last will and testament executed in 1928 was admitted to probate in the District of Columbia in 1931.
In 1932 or 1933, pursuant to the terms of the will, the sum of $10,000 was distributed in trust to Northeast Lodge No. 266, Free and Accepted Masons, at Fort Bidwell (hereinafter, “the Fort Bidwell lodge”). The will provided that the $10,000 was “to be invested and…
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