Estate of Traver
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. Albert M. Johnson, and Hiram W. Johnson, for Appellants.
1Opinion of the CourtLorigan, J.
Charles Traver died in Sacramento County in 1901, leaving a will made August 5, 1897. At the time this will was made, his wife was living, and by its terms he bequeathed all his property to her during her life. He then provided, after reciting that all the property was community property, and that the will was only intended to convey that portion of it over which he had testamentary capacity, that “at the death of my wife, it is my will that one half of the property hereby given, devised and bequeathed to my wife during her lifetime, shall descend and go to Lott D. Norton, Charles T. Norton…
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