Estate of Hodges

Almond D. Hodges, Jr., died in Massachusetts November 7, 1910, a resident of the state of California. He left a last will which was originally probated in this state. His estate consisted of real and personal property located here and. in addition, he owned certain bonds and stocks of foreign corporations, deposits in bank, and certain chattels which, at the time of his death, were actually located in the state of Massachusetts of which state he had formerly been a resident. After the probate of the will of deceased in this state a certified copy thereof was offered for probate in Massachusetts and ancillary letters of administration granted there. Under such ancillary administration in Massachusetts all the said personal property located in that state was by order of the probate court there transferred from the executors of the will of said decedent to said executors as trustees under a trust provision in the will, which directed this to be done and which trust was under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts courts. The superior court of the city and county of San Francisco having jurisdiction in the primary or domiciliary administration of said estate, included in the property…