Estate of Cutting

In Re State of Cutting

Good Law
172 Cal. 191·1916 Cal. LEXIS 511·155 P. 1002
Supreme Court of CaliforniaFebruary 28, 1916S. F. No. 7242. Department One.California2,724 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Lor, J.

The petitioner, as the widow of the decedent, appeals from a judgment entered upon an order sustaining the two demurrers of the respondents to the petition, in which she asserts that within the meaning of section 1299 of the Civil Code, the will of the decedent, dated October 22, 1912, was revoked, and that, therefore, he died intestate. The respondents are the below mentioned executors and the Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry at Berkeley, California, a legatee under the said will. Stated in chronological order, the record on appeal discloses that on October 22, 1912, the decedent, Francis Cutting, executed a holographic will wherein he named his son, Frederick Page Cutting, William H. Chiekering, and Alfred D. Cutler, as his executors; that on April 19, 1913, the testator and petitioner executed an “antenuptial agreement”; that on May 10, 1913, they were married; that on July 18, 1913, the testator executed a holographic codicil to his said will; that on October 1, 1913, 'the testator died, without making any further testamentary disposition of his property; and that there was no issue of said marriage. The will of October 22, 1912, was the only antenuptial will left by…

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