In Re Estate of Cornelius
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a decree of the Superior Court of Sacramento County distributing the estate of a deceased person. Peter J. Shields, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
Appeal from an order distributing the estate of H. P. Cornelius, deceased. The question presented concerns only the distribution of the interest in the estate which upon the death of the deceased descended to his widow, Margaret Cornelius.
After the death of her husband she signed and acknowledged a deed purporting to convey to her two stepsons, Robert P. Cornelius and John B. Cornelius, her interest in said estate and delivered it to Charles Y. Bartholomew, telling him at the time to keep it until after her death and then to give it to the grantees. She was at that time very ill and expecting…
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