Legal Opinion

In re Estate of Rowland

California Supreme Court

Decided January 24, 1888No. 12301PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco distributing the estate of a decedent, and from an order refusing to have certain property segregated from the property of the decedent. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtSearls, C. J.

This is an appeal from a final decree of the superior court distributing the estate of Jane Rowland, deceased, and denying the petition of appellant, the surviving husband of deceased, to have certain money and property in the hands of the executors, declared community property of petitioner and deceased, segregated from the separate property of the testatrix, and delivered to him, instead of being distributed to the legatees under the will.

It appears from the petition of the appellant, to which a demurrer was interposed and sustained, that in 1867 the petitioner and testatrix, who were…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Payne v. PayneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1861
  2. Bath v. ValdezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Moore v. JonesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Stewart v. StewartCalifornia Supreme Court · 1926
  2. McKay v. LauristonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1928
  3. In Re the Estate of KlumpkeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914
  4. In re the Estate of AlfstadWashington Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Williams v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915

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