Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Hancock

California Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1909No. L.A. No. 2425PublishedCited by 19 opinions

'APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County and from an order denying a new trial in a proceeding to determine heirship in the matter of the estate of a deceased person. James C. Rives, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtAngellotti, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment and an order denying a new trial in a proceeding instituted under the provisions of section 1664 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in the matter of the estate of Milton Taylor Hancock, deceased, to determine the “heirship to said deceased.” By the decree it was determined that the heirs at law of deceased are his surviving wife and three minor children of said deceased and said surviving wife, all born prior to the year 1902, and Mollie Hancock McNatt, and John Philip Hancock, children of said deceased and Nancy Hancock, a former wife of deceased. This appeal…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Thompson v. WhitmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Hahn v. KellyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
  3. Forbes v. HydeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866
  4. People v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Ricketson v. RichardsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  3. Crouch v. CrouchCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
  4. In Re Estate of PuseyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Ainscow v. AlexanderOrphan's Court of Delaware · 1944

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