In re Estate of Ingram
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a decree of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco distributing the estate of a deceased person. After the rendition of the original decree of distribution, the assignee of the surviving husband of the deceased moved the court, upon affidavits and notice, to reform the decree by striking out the names of the nephews and nieces, as distributees, and to distribute the entire residue of the estate to him.
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Appeal from a decree of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco distributing the estate of a deceased person. After the rendition of the original decree of distribution, the assignee of the surviving husband of the deceased moved the court, upon affidavits and notice, to reform the decree by striking out the names of the nephews and nieces, as distributees, and to distribute the entire residue of the estate to him. This motion was made upon the ground that the decree as entered was made through the inadvertence, mistake, and excusable neglect of the surviving husband and…
1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.
— Hannah G. Ingram died intestate, and left surviving her John W. Ingram, her husband, but left no issue, and no surviving father or mother, brother or sister. There were living, however, at the time of her death certain children and grandchildren of a deceased sister, who are the appellants herein. A decree of distribution was. rendered May 10, 1888, in the court below, by which one half of the estate was distributed to the said surviving husband (or rather to his assignee Kowalsky) and the other half to the said children of the deceased sister. Afterward, upon due notice and hearing, on…
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