Legal Opinion

Estate of Hardwick

California Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1881No. 7,046PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from an order of distribution in the Probate Court of San Benito County. Habéis, J.

1Opinion of the Court

The Court:

After the Probate Court had set apart a homestead for the use and benefit of the surviving wife and children of the testator said Court ceased to have any control over the property so set apart. By being so set apart the property constituting said homestead was excluded from the jurisdiction of said Court, and it was, therefore, improper for the Court to *293make any further order in relation to it, and the following clause in the decree of distribution should have been omitted, viz.:

“This decree does not affect any right, title, or interest of any of the heirs, devisees, or legatees of…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of GilmoreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Estate of TittelCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Estate of Adamson, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco1910
  4. Estate of Hayes, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco1895

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