Legal Opinion

Estate of Redfield

California Superior Court

Decided October 15, 1898No. 11,451Published

1Opinion of the CourtCoffey, J.

The question involved in this proceeding is-, whether the general legacies provided for in the will of Mary A. Redfield, deceased, bear interest at the legal rate of seven per cent per annum from the end of one year after the death, of the testator.

Mrs. Redfield died testate on October 4, 1891. The will was admitted to probate; proceedings for the contest of the-probate of the same were instituted, and a trial thereof had. before the superior court sitting with a jury. Said trial resulted in a verdict and judgment annulling and revoking the-probate of said will. A motion for a new trial…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Kent v. DunhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
  2. BartlettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
  3. In Re the Judicial Accounting of McGowanNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  4. Welch v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
  5. Ogden v. PatteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889

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