Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Cowell
California Supreme Court
Decided June 7, 1915No. S.F. No. 7041PublishedCited by 3 opinions
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco for the partial distribution of the estate of a deceased person. Thos. F. Graham, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLori Gan, J.
This is an appeal from an order made in the above estate granting the application of Prank Tralago for a partial distribution.
The will of said E. W. Cowell, deceased, among other provisions, contained the following:
“Fifth. To all employees of the Henry Cowell Lime and Cement Company now working for said firm at Santa Cruz and who have been in said employ for twenty years, the sum of one thousand dollars each, and to all who have worked over ten years, the sum of five hundred dollars each. . . . In all cases these dates are as of January 1st, 1911.”
Frank Tralago filed a petition in said estate…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Estate of FletcherCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940
- Heitman v. NathanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1949