Estate of Dunton

TURRENTINE, J., pro tem.

Alice B. Dunton died testate, bequeathing all her estate to Ralph Doherty, sometimes called Ralph Daugherty, appellant, naming him executor thereof. Decedent left no surviving next of kin. The estate consisted of the community property of decedent and her husband, who had predeceased her. The will was duly probated and appellant appointed executor. Ralph Doherty was a stranger to the estate of both decedent and her pre deceased husband. After the will had been admitted to probate the next of kin of the husband filed a contest of the will on the grounds that the…