Estate of Pickett
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
This was a contest between two applicants for letters of administration, one being the nominee of the decedent’s widow, who had remarried, and the other the public administrator of San Francisco, Philip A. Roach.
1Opinion of the CourtCoffey, J.
When Mrs. Pickett married Minihan, she ceased to the widow of the decedent and lost her right to administer. Being a married woman she had no right herself, and had nothing to confer upon her nominee, 0 ’Connell. The terms “surviving wife” and “widow” are synonymous, and are so treated in the statute and in the decisions, the supreme court commonly employing the term “widow” in the same signification as “surviving wife.” I have carefully conned and considered the brief of counsel for Mrs. Minihan’s nominee, and have examined all the authorities accessible with a view to discerning the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Reeve v. KennedyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1872
- In re Estate of CotterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
- Estate of MorganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1878
- In Re the Estate of DowCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901