Bemmerly v. Woodward
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Yolo County and from orders amending the judgment and denying a new trial. W. H. Grant, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTemple, J.
This is an action against the executrix of a deceased executor to compel an accounting and to recover property of the estate. The plaintiffs are respectively administrator and administratrix, with the will annexed, of the estate of Michael Bemmerly, deceased. The complaint shows that Bemmerly died in 1877, testate, and leaving an estate of great value.
G. W. Woodward and Henrietta Bemmerly were named in the will as executor and executrix, and both were appointed and duly qualified in June, 1877. Mrs. Bemmerly resigned as executrix in 1879, and G. W. Woodward took into his possession the entire…
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