Smith v. Wood
California Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtLangdon, J.
This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County in favor of defendants in an action for an accounting and other equitable relief.
On March 2, 1885, at Warren County, Illinois, Mary B. Huston made her will. She was apparently a widow. Among her near relatives were one child, defendant Texanna Huston Wood, then unmarried; a sister, Ellen A. Penny, now deceased; and the children of Ellen A. Penny. The testatrix died in June, 1908, defendant daughter, who was still single, being appointed executrix. In October, 1910, she married Allen D. Wood, and lived with…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kohtz v. EldredIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- In Re the Estate of HamonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1922
- Bookless v. CharnochIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
3Cited by2 opinions
- Estate of SilverCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1982
- Zeiger v. SilvertonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1937