Estate of Johnson

Opinion

STEPHENS, J.

This is an appeal taken from an order determining interests in an estate and directing the distribution of the property of the estate taken pursuant to Probate Code section 1240. At issue is the correctness of the trial court’s construing together two testamentary instruments admitted to probate as the last will of Henrietta M. Johnson and the court’s consequent determination that the appellants are not pretermitted heirs.

Statement of Facts

Respondents, Gerald K. Johnson and Forrest L. Johnson, are the sons of Henrietta May Johnson, the decedent in this case. Henrietta…