Estate of Patrick

California Superior Court, San Francisco County

Estate of Patrick

5 Coffey 435

CourtSuperior Court of California, County of San Francisco

DecidedAugust 31, 1897

DocketNo. 14,233

StatusPublished

This text of 5 Coffey 435 (Estate of Patrick) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Estate of Patrick, 5 Coffey 435 (Cal. Super. Ct. 1897).

Pincite

Opinion

Will—Substituting the Word “Devisee” for “Heir.”—If a testator declares, “I will that A and B shall become my sole heirs, and that they shall equally possess” my property, after all just claims against my estate have been paid, and neither A nor B is of kin to the testator, and A dies before the death of the testator, B will take one-half of the residue of the estate of the testator after the payment of his debts, and the heirs at law of the testator, not the heirs of A, will take the other half.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Will—Substituting the Word “Devisee” for “Heir.”—If a testator declares, “I will that A and B shall become my sole heirs, and that they shall equally possess” my property, after all just claims against my estate have been paid, and neither A nor B is of kin to the testator, and A dies before the death of the testator, B will take one-half of the residue of the estate of the testator after the payment of his debts, and the heirs at law of the testator, not the heirs of A, will take the other half.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

5 Coffey 435, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/estate-of-patrick-calsuppctsf-1897.