Estate of Walker
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtOlnet, J.
The decedent, Cornelius Walker, died intestate November 20, 1913. He left surviving him as his only heirs, then in being, his wife, Mabel E. Walker, and a daughter by a previous marriage, Mabel A. Nason. A few months before his death, that is, on July 3, 1913, he had secured an interlocutory decree of divorce from his wife on the ground of desertion. He had also made a property settlement with her whereby she released any interest in his estate, with the result that on his death his daughter was the only heir then in being who was interested in the estate.
On April 11, 1914, something under…
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