Legal Opinion

Estate of Blackmun

California Court of Appeal

Decided July 6, 1950No. Civ. 17599PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.

Katherine J. Blackmon made a holographic will on October 4, 1944. She died on November 29, 1947. By her will she gave various things to her sister Mary Fox, and *315she gave one dollar to each of three relatives of her deceased husband, but she did not give anything to any other person. Another sister of testatrix, a brother, and five children of a deceased brother, filed a petition to determine heirship.

In their amended petition they alleged that the bequests to Mary Fox were bequests of specific property and were intended as specific legacies; that on the death of the decedent none of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Buck v. PetersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Church v. JonesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Estate of MooreCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
  2. Day v. BrooksCuyahoga County Probate Court · 1967
  3. Estate of Short v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1977
  4. Estate of EhrenfelsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1966
  5. Estate of CaloriCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962

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