In re Estate of Beverson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Probate Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The appellant, claiming to be the widow of the decedent, and calling herself Tilly Beverson, objected to the allowance of the final accounts-of Christopher Beverson, the administrator, alleging, that she and her infant child, Orin, were entitled each to one half of the estate, as heirs of the decedent.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The appellant, claiming to be the widow of the decedent, and calling herself Tilly Beverson, objected to the allowance of the final accounts-of Christopher Beverson, the administrator, alleging, that she and her infant child, Orin, were entitled each to one half of the estate, as heirs of the decedent. At the hearing of the claim, it appeared, that in 1862 the claimant was married to one Platt in Hew York; that in 1865 she came to San Francisco—her husband having preceded her about a year—and though she saw Platt…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court:
We agree with the Court below, that on the facts disclosed by the bill of exceptions the connection between Tilly Beverson and the deceased was meretricious, and that there was no proof whatever of any marriage between them.
Order affirmed—remittitur forthwith.
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