McGilvary v. Knight
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Alameda' County denying appellant’s petition, and granting respondent’s petition for letters of administration with the will annexed. F. B. Ogden, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The deceased was for many years a professor of Latin in the University of California, and a resident of the county of Alameda. In April, 1896, he obtained leave of absence for a year for the purpose of pursuing archaeological studies in Greece, and died at Athens on the eleventh day of December, of that year. At the time of his death he was unmarried, and left no heir or next of kin in this state. After leaving this state, he executed his last will and testament at Hartford, in the state of Connecticut, May 16, 1896, which was admitted to probate by the probate court of Suffolk county, in the…
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