Legal Opinion
In re Estate of Hewitt
California Supreme Court
Decided April 28, 1892No. 14590PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Foote, C.
The executor of Nancy Hewitt, deceased, filed his petition for final distribution of his testator’s estate, in which he claimed that under her will the residue of her estate, after the payment of certain specific legacies, debts, funeral, and other expenses, should be divided equally among three Presbyterian churches. In the language of the will: “ To the board of trustees of the Reformed Presbyterian church of Alleghany, Pennsylvania, to the board of trustees of the United Presbyterian church of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and to the board of trustees of the First Presbyterian church…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Estate of HinckleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
- Kerr v. . DoughertyNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
3Cited by4 opinions
- Fay v. HoweCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
- In Re Coleman's EstateIdaho Supreme Court · 1945
- In Re Estate of LubinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1921
- Estate of Emeric, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco1890