Bell v. Kase

OPINION

McMANUS, Chief Justice.

This court granted an alternative writ of mandamus directed to respondent, the Honorable Edmund H. Kase III, Judge of the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District in and for the County of Sierra, commanding him to issue an order granting the motion for appeal filed in Probate No. 277, Sierra County District Court.

The issue involved in the case before us is whether decisions made by a district judge sitting in probate are appealable to the district court sitting as a court of general jurisdiction.

In December 1972, the last will and testament of L. V. Bell,…