Blackburn
Blackburn v. Webb
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Chipman, J.
Action to quiet title. The cause was dismissed as to all the defendants except Dorn. James H. Blackburn died testate, and in his will he provided as follows: “ I give, devise, and bequeath to Frank Blackburn, Harry Blackburn, Daniel Blackburn, and Frederick Blackburn, children of Daniel and Cecilia Blackburn, my dairy ranches, part of the Rancho San Jeronimo, in San Luis Obispo, state of California, together with all the personal property thereon; and for the better preservation of said property I hereby appoint their mother, Mrs. Cecilia Blackburn, trustee for said children and property, to have and to hold said property, and the whole thereof, and to manage the same, until the youngest of said children shall have attained his majority, at which event said property shall vest absolutely in the four children in this devise mentioned, and not before.” On August 17, 1888, the property in question was distributed, in accordance with the terms of the will, to the said Cecilia Blackburn, “ as such trustee, to have and to hold said property, and the whole thereof, and to manage the same, until the youngest of said children shall have attained his majority, at which event said property…