Dowdall v. Superior Court of San Francisco
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Prohibition to restrain the Superior Court from settling account of testamentary trustee. Frank H. Dunne, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
This is an application for a writ of prohibition directed to the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco, sitting in probate, enjoining it from proceeding with the settlement of the account of certain trustees of a trust created by the will of John Nuttall, deceased.
John Nuttall had by his last will created a trust in favor of the petitioner, which was to continue after the distribution of his estate. His estate was distributed more than twenty-five years prior to the commencement of this proceeding; and while the trustees apparently were in touch with the petitioner and with…
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