In re Jessup
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco settling the accounts of the executors of the last will of a decedent. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Court.
This appeal is from an order settling the annual account of Isaac Jessup and S. O. Putnam, executors of the last will and testament of Gershom P. Jessup, deceased. The alleged error consists of the dis-allowance by the court of certain items of account for moneys expended by the executors in the employ*626ment of counsel to resist the claim of Richard P. Jessup to the estate as the pretermitted heir of the deceased. As to the value of the legal services of the attorneys, no question arises. But the contention of the respondents is, that the contest was between the legatees named in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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