Estate of Peters

This appeal is by Louisa Bauer from an order of the Superior Court of Sonoma County, admitting the will of Carl Peters, deceased, to probate. Carl Peters died in the city of Oakland, on June 11, 1931. On June 18, 1931, the will of deceased was filed for probate in said, county of Sonoma, together with a petition for its probate, by the executrix named therein. The will was dated July 2, 1924, and contained the statement that deceased was a resident of Petaluma, California.

It appears, from the order of the court admitting the will to probate, that notice was given of the hearing for the probate of the will, and at the time of the hearing, opposition to the admission of the will to probate in Sonoma County was made by attorneys representing appellant, a sister of deceased, on the ground that decedent, at the time of his death, was a resident of Alameda County. At the same time, the attorney for the executrix asked leave to amend the petition for probate of the will by striking out the word “Alameda”, and inserting the word “Sonoma” in lieu thereof, stating that the word “Alameda” had been inadvertently used. This request was granted.

Thereafter, the attorneys for appellant filed…