Farmer v. Stephens

Belcher, C. C.

Bridget Davis died leaving a will and two minor children, but no husband. The will was admitted to probate, and an inventory of the property of the estate was duly returned by the executor to the court. From the inventory it appeared that the only property of the estate was a lot with a dwelling-house thereon in the city of San Francisco, which was appraised at the sum of $850.

Shortly after the inventory was filed, the executor presented to the court a petition setting forth, among other things, that the expenses of the last illness of deceased, the funeral charges, and expenses…