Estate of Janota

Frank Janota, a resident of the county of Los Angeles, died leaving an estate consisting of real property in said county. Thereafter Frank Bryson, public administrator, was appointed administrator with the will annexed, and on December 18, 1930, letters were issued and he duly qualified as such administrator. On June 2, 1931, Sarah Goldberg filed, as a document entitled “In the Matter of the Estate of” said decedent, a “petition for declaratory relief”, asking for interpretation of the will in terms favorable to herself. This petition was opposed by respondent Katrina Janota, mother of the decedent. Thereafter on the eighth day of July, 1931, findings of fact and conclusions of law determining the controversy were signed and filed by the judge. On the following day, July 9th, a decree in favor of Mrs. Goldberg in accordance with said findings and conclusions was signed by the judge and filed in the office of the clerk of said superior court. Said decree was not entered at length in the record of judgments of said court until October 6, 1931. On August 28, 1931, Mrs. Janota appealed from the decree. Afterward a bill of exceptions was approved by the judge and filed. The record…