Davis v. Mitchell

Appellant is, and was, at all times material to this appeal, an attorney at law duly licensed to practice in all the courts of the state of California. John W. Mitchell, deceased, was a former client of appellant. Mitchell died in the city of San Diego, state of California, on July 2, 1925. His will was admitted to probate on the twenty-fourth day of July, 1925, and Adina Mitchell, his widow, appointed the executrix thereof. Thereafter she qualified as such executrix and entered upon the discharge of her duties.

On or about the fifteenth day of April, 1926, appellant filed with the county…