Patterson v. Dickinson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California. Bill by John W. Patterson and others against Samuel S. Dickinson. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California. Bill by John W. Patterson and others against Samuel S. Dickinson. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. In the bill, and the amendments thereto, which were filed by the appellants in the court below, the following facts are stated; That Hacha el E. Dickinson, the sister of the appellants, died on October 23, 1905, intestate, leaving surviving her the appellants and the appellee, Samuel S. Dickinson, who was her husband, as her sole and only heirs at law, and that the…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The hill in this case presents an anomalous state of facts. On October 23, 1905, a woman, a resident, of Missouri, died, leaving surviving her husband and certain brothers and sisters. On November 18, 1905, the husband presented for probate in the appropriate probate court of that state a document purporting to be the last will and testament of the decedent, by the terms of which nearly all the property was devised and bequeathed to him. Lour days later that instrument was admitted to probate and the husband qualified as the executor thereof. On December…
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