Crabtree v. Fretwell
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Marin County granting a family allowance. Thomas J. Lennon, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
This is an appeal by a creditor from an order of family allowance made in favor of the widow of the deceased. The application for family allowance was made and granted more than three years after the letters of administration had been issued, but this fact, of course, did not impair the widow’s rights. (In re Welch, 106 Cal. 427, [39 Pac. 805].) The court found that the widow had no income, that no order had been made exempting any of the property, and that the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per month was reasonable, and ordered a family allowance in that amount “commencing from the…
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