Estate of Rutherford

Stella R. Rutherford died in San Diego on December 17, 1951, at the age of 74 years. By the terms of her will, executed December 7, 1951, the principal asset of her estate, consisting of a quarter section of land in Hale County, Texas, was left to her sister, Maie Carnohan, for life, with remainder to Harry Carnohan, a son of Maie. Male’s two other sons, Ray and Macario, were given remainder interests in mineral rights in decedent’s real property in Hale County, Texas. The will expressly provided that nothing was left to decedent’s daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Snodgrass Rutherford, and…