Lord v. Lord
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order settling the first annual account of an administratrix, and from an order refusing to set aside an order allowing the widow of deceased five thousand dollars in lieu of a homestead, and in refusing to charge her with that sum in settlement of her account. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMyrick, J.
The deceased died intestate, leaving a widow him surviving, who became administratrix. His mother (the appellant) is his only other heir. The widow filed a petition that a homestead be set apart to her, none having been selected, designated, or recorded in the lifetime of the intestate. She petitioned the court to set apart three parcels of land, viz.: First, containing 115.98 acres, being farm land. Second, containing 20 acres, being farm land, and third, containing 1,055 acres, being swamp land. Her petition set forth that the said lands were mortgaged for $5,000, on which some interest had…
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