In Re Estate of Upham
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Solano County denying a petition for partial distribution of the estate of a deceased person. A. J. Buckles, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcFARLAND, J.
E. I. Upham died leaving a will which, on its face, purports to dispose of all his property. His brothers, Joseph M. and Lorenzo Upham, who are his next of kin and only heirs at law, filed a petition in the probate court for a partial distribution to them of certain parts of the estate which they claim had not been disposed of by the will, and therefore went to them as heirs. The court held that the whole estate had been disposed of by the will, and that as petitioners were not devisees or legatees they were not entitled to partial dis tribution. The petition was denied, and from the order…
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