In re the Estate of Gwin
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Santa Barbara County, distributing the estate of a deceased person. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWorks, J.
John Gwin, by his will, devised and bequeathed certain real and personal property to his wife, and to his two sons all of the real property in Butte County, California, of which he might die seised.
His wife and two others were named as executors of the will.
The will was duly admitted to probate, and the persons named appointed executors, on the nineteenth day of February, 1887.
The next step in the estate appearing in the record is a notice by the widow that she declined to take under *314the will, and elects to take, as widow, under section 1402 of the Civil Code.
This notice was filed April 26,…
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