Legal Opinion

Estate of Way

California Court of Appeal

Decided December 16, 1938No. Civ. 11977-SPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtYork, P. J.

On or about the first day of March, 1937, while on board the S. S. Empress of Britain, a British ship traveling near Singapore, Mary Loy Way died leaving an estate in California the estimated value of which is over $100,000.

At the time of her death, intestate left surviving her two aunts, Mrs. Jean Jackson and Mrs. Minnie Jones, who are sisters of intestate’s mother, and also some twenty-three first cousins, who are the surviving children of the deceased brothers and sisters of intestate’s mother and father. Intestate’s mother died in 1905 and her father in 1932, and it was stipulated that…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. In re Estate of IngramCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  2. In re Estate of PearsonsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
  3. In Re Estate of NigroCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Monroe v. ShielsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
  5. In Re Estate of MooreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Latta v. Western Inv. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
  2. Maud v. CatherwoodCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1945
  3. Estate of LockeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
  4. Irwin v. Marvel Petroleum CorporationMontana Supreme Court · 1961
  5. Estate of MullerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969

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