In re Estate of White
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Probate Court of Lassen County. On the 5th day of August, 1867, letters of administration on the estate of Charles M. White were issued to John R. Lockwood, who duly entered upon the duties of his trust, and was such administrator at the times hereinafter stated.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Lassen County. On the 5th day of August, 1867, letters of administration on the estate of Charles M. White were issued to John R. Lockwood, who duly entered upon the duties of his trust, and was such administrator at the times hereinafter stated. August 5th, 1868, said administrator filed his annual account, in which it was shown that there was an unsettled claim against the estate made by one G-. H. Dobyns, for four hundred dollars, and that a suit was pending on said claim in the District Court for Lassen. County, which suit was still pending at the times…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Rhodes, J.:
It appears by the affidavit filed in support of the, motion for a change of venue in this cause, that when the proceedings were instituted the Probate Judge held a power of attorney from certain persons claiming to be the heirs at law of the deceased, authorizing him to receive for them all moneys and property which they might be entitled to from the estate of the deceased; that he also received a letter from those persons, in which they offered him a percentage upon the proceeds of said estate coming to them, upon a settlement thereof, and that these proceedings were…
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