Steeves v. Stiles

*131Opinion

COBEY, J.

Claimants, Betty Stiles and Barbara Simmons, nieces and sole heirs-at-law of Arthur J. Connolly, deceased, appeal from an order, upon a petition for instructions filed by the executor of the last will of Connolly, determining Ethical Culture Society of Los Angeles to be the successor charitable trustee of the residue of the estate of Connolly.1 The appeal lies. (Prob. Code, § 1240.)

This appeal presents the fundamental question of what was Connolly’s intent in leaving his entire estate of cash and securities by will specifically to World’s Agnostics Groups (WAG), a nonprofit…