Legal Opinion
Paulsen v. San Francisco Foundation of Otology
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 3, 1971No. Civ. No. 28825PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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DEVINE, P. J.
On this appeal from a “Decision and Judgment Determining Interest in Estate” which was made pursuant to the executrix’ petition to determine heirship, we are presented with the question whether a devise and bequest to The San Francisco Foundation of Otology (hereinafter The Foundation), a charitable corporation which was not in existence at the time of the execution of the will or at the time of the death of the testatrix, may be sustained.
The Will: Ruby-Ethel Lamb executed the witnessed will on March 7, 1967. She died on December 24, 1968, and the will was admitted to…
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