Campbell v. Cory

Opinion

ROTH, P. J.

Albert H. Colefield died in the County of Los Angeles on January 27, 1979, and proceedings were instituted in the superior court sitting in probate for the administration of his estate. Following his demise but prior to the fixing of California inheritance taxes associated with the event, appellant Pauline Campbell, in a separate superior court action, obtained a judgment whereunder, in general, she was held entitled to recover “one-half of the assets” of the decedent’s estate after certain deductions.

Thereafter, and in the course of the estate’s administration, an…