Metzger

Metzger v. Vestal

Good Law
1926 Cal. App. LEXIS 524·76 Cal. App. 409·244 P. 942
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 3, 1926Docket No. 2788.California3,050 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Finch, J.

The trial court sustained demurrers to the complaint without leave to amend and thereupon entered judgment in favor of the defendants. This appeal is from the judgment.

It appears from the complaint that George W. Vestal died in the county of Tehama on the ninth day of April, 1918, leaving a valuable estate consisting of the capital stock of the defendant corporation; that he left a last will in which he named defendant Rolla Vestal, a son, as executor, and by the terms of which, after making certain bequests of money, he gave the remainder of his property to his surviving wife, Clara Vestal, and his son, Rolla Vestal, share and share alike; that the will was admitted to probate and Rolla Vestal was appointed executor and acted as such throughout the administration of the estate; that all bequests have been paid; that on the twenty-ninth day of March, 1920, a final decree of distribution was entered, distributing the remainder of the estate to Clara Vestal and Rolla Vestal in equal shares; that the decree recites that 475 shares of the capital stock of the corporation are a part of such remainder;' that on the twenty-first day of November, 1922, Clara Vestal transferred her half…

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