Applebay v. Security Pacific National Bank

*469Opinion

FLEMING, J.

Relative^ of Dennis Sevegney, the predeceased spouse of decedent Minerva Sevegney, appeal the judgment of the probate court determining that they have no claim of inheritance to Minerva’s one-eleventh interest in four parcels of real property.1

At issue is the meaning of the word property in the statutory scheme for intestate succession.

The issue arose as follows: Joseph Archambeault owned, the four parcels of California real property at his death in April 1936. By his will he placed the property in trust, making one-eleventh of the trust income payable to his nephew Dennis…