Estate of Yoell
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco awarding a surviving wife a family allowance from the estate of her deceased husband. Thomas F. Graham, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Carl Westerfeld, and Sullivan & Sullivan, and Theo. J. Roche, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
J. Alexander Yoell died in July, 1904. In 1909 his widow, Emily C. Yoell, petitioned for a family allowance. Her petition was opposed by the special administratrix, but the court, after hearing, awarded a family allowance in the sum of one hundred dollars a month, dating from the death of the husband. From this order the appeal under consideration is taken.
As ground of opposition the special administratrix set up a post-nuptial agreement between the deceased and his wife, with appropriate averments, to the effect that it had been faithfully carried out according to its tenor and terms by the…
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