In re Barton
California Supreme Court
José Santiago Barton was a resident of the County of Los Angeles, where, on the 22nd day of September, 1876, he died, leaving real estate valued at about $10,000, and an instrument, written and subscribed by himself, as follows: “ WILL. “ January 30th, 1875. “ This is to show that if anything should happen to me, and I should fail suddenly, I, the undersigned, will, after paying all ■debts, all my property to William and Joseph Perdeu, brothers. “ (Signed) Jas. R. Barton.
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José Santiago Barton was a resident of the County of Los Angeles, where, on the 22nd day of September, 1876, he died, leaving real estate valued at about $10,000, and an instrument, written and subscribed by himself, as follows: “ WILL. “ January 30th, 1875. “ This is to show that if anything should happen to me, and I should fail suddenly, I, the undersigned, will, after paying all ■debts, all my property to William and Joseph Perdeu, brothers. “ (Signed) Jas. R. Barton. “ Filed October 25th, 1876.” Thereafter, on the 6th day of October, 1876, J. E. Griffin, Public Administrator of said…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court :
It is provided by sec. 1365, Code of Civil Procedure, that “ administration of the estate of a person dying intestate must he granted to some one or more of the persons hereinafter mentioned, and they are respectively entitled thereto in the following order,” etc. The decedent left a last will and testament by which he disposed of all of his property, and this will has been admitted to probate. The Court found that Thomas Perdeu, one of the devisees, and William R. Rowland are fit and competent persons to serve as administrators with the will annexed of the estate of the…
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