Legal Opinion
Fairman v. League of Women Voters of United States
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 7, 1960No. Civ. 6059PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCoughlin, J.
This is an appeal from an order in proceedings to determine heirship decreeing that the League of Women Voters of the United States, hereinafter referred to as the “League,” is entitled to inherit under the last will and testament of Olga A. Anderson, deceased.
Decedent’s will bequeathed the residue of her estate in trust, and provided that the property remaining after compliance with the trust provisions should be delivered to the League.
Dorothy B. Fairman, an heir-at-law of the deceased, instituted these proceedings; alleged that the League was not a corporation authorized to take a…
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