Bronner v. Jahant
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County. The facts are stated in the opinion. As there are no known heirs the public administrator has an interest in the estate, and may prosecute any proceeding to determine the intestacy of the deceased and obtain possession of the estate. (Pol.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County. The facts are stated in the opinion. As there are no known heirs the public administrator has an interest in the estate, and may prosecute any proceeding to determine the intestacy of the deceased and obtain possession of the estate. (Pol. Code, sec. 41; Code Civ! Proo., secs. 1726, 1728, 1731-33, 1737; People v. Roach, 76 Cal. 298.) As the sole legatee and devisee died in the lifetime of the testator the legacy and devise failed or lapsed. (Civ. Code, sec. 1310,1343; Estate of Pfuelb, 48 Cal. 643; EstyY. Clark, 101 Mass. 36;…
1Opinion of the Court
Searls, C.—
This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Sacramento county, in probate, denying the petition of the appellant, as public administrator, for letters of administration, and granting the petition of Victor J ah ant for the probate of the last will, and granting letters testamentary to him, the said Victor Jahant, as executor of the last will of Richard Hick.mau, deceased.
Richard Hickman died on or about May 5, 1893, at the county of Sacramento, leaving what purported to be a last will, by which he devised and bequeathed all of *612his estate, real and personal, to his…
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