Zeiger v. Silverton

—This case was transferred by the Supreme Court to this court for decision along with several other probate cases. In the trial court Commissioner J. W. Mullin, Jr., who is one of the assistant judges in the Probate Court of Los Angeles County, presided as judge pro tempore. The appeal is from a decree construing the will of the testator.

The part of the will to be construed when boiled down reads as follows: “I hereby give in fee to my nephews, Louis Zeiger, Robert Sheward and Norman Sheward, the residue of my estate, provided that if said Louis Zeiger should die leaving no children surviving…