Lord v. Hough
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The defendants appealed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sanderson, J.:
The plaintiff, being a widow and the mother of three children, aged respectively eight, six, and four years, sues the mother of her deceased husband and the executors of his last will and testament to obtain the personal custody and guardianship of her children. The defendants defend upon the ground that Charles S. Lord, the deceased father of the children, by a provision found in his last will and testament, devised the personal custody of his children solely to his mother, the defendant, Olive S. Hough, in the following words: “ The personal care, custody, and…
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