Legal Opinion
Estate of J. S. Ferry v. Lucas
California Supreme Court
Decided May 11, 1961No. S. F. 20238PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDooling, J.
— These are appeals from a decree settling a trustee’s final account and distributing the property of the estate of J. S. Ferry, who died testate in 1951.
By a will executed on June 13, 1942, decedent J. S. Ferry left $1.00 to each of his three daughters, Isabelle Lucas, May Ferry and Rose Murphy, and left an unrestricted gift of the residue to his son Joseph J. Ferry. On May 5, 1949, decedent executed a codicil partially revamping his testamentary scheme by establishing, in lieu of the outright residual gift, a trust for the benefit of his son Joseph. This codicil, after confirming the…
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