In Re Estate Johnson
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County appointing an administratrix with the will annexed. Lewis R. Works, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtOlney, J.
This is an appeal from an order appointing one Mary T. Hiatt as the administratrix with the will annexed of the estate of the decedent. The appeal is taken by the surviving husband of the decedent, who himself had petitioned for letters and whose petition was denied. [1] As the surviving husband of the decedent he was entitled to letters in preference to anyone else, unless he were incompetent on a statutory ground of incompetency. One such statutory ground is a “want of understanding,” and the lower court found that the appellant was incompetent on this ground. The sole point presented on…
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