Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Tooley
California Supreme Court
Decided May 12, 1915No. Sac. No. 2280PublishedCited by 39 opinions
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
The transcript presents an appeal by the brother and sisters of the decedent from a decree of the superior court making distribution of her estate. The sole question presented is the construction of the last will of the decedent.
The will reads as follows:
“I give all my property at my death to my daughter Logan Mattie Tooley.
“If at her death she has neither husband or children I desire any property that may be left divided equally among my sisters and brother.
“Martha L. Tooley.”
The daughter, Logan Mattie Tooley, survived her mother, the testatrix, but died before the petition for distribution…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McMurry v. StanleyTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Phillips v. . PhillipsNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- In re the Estate of WoodCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
- Barney v. HayesMontana Supreme Court · 1892
- Weber v. BryantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Church Home for Children of Protestant Episcopal Church v. LawrenceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- Estate of RathCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
- Salmonski v. BardzinskiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
- Adams v. PratherCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
- Ireland v. Pacific HomeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
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