Morffew v. S.F. & San Rafael R.R.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Marin County and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Britt, C.
Matthew Crooks died in the month of February, 1879, being then the owner of property amounting to seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or thereabouts, in value, and consisting mainly of real estate in Marin and other counties of this state. He had at that time about two thousand five hundred acres in the county named, including two certain parcels of salt marsh and tide lands containing together fifteen and twenty-one one-hundredths acres, which marsh and tide land was unproductive and unimproved. Decedent left *590a widow, Susan Crooks, who yet survives, and the whole estate was…
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