Estate of Burns

The transcript on appeal shows that Bernard Burns departed this life, intestate, in the City and County of San Francisco, on the 8th day of December, 1876, leaving real estate situate in said city and county. That on the 22nd day of December of the same year, letters of administration were duly issued to Lizzie Burns, the widow of said deceased, by the Probate Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and administration of said estate was duly had in said Probate Court. That on the 19th day of January, 1877, Lizzie Burns presented her petition to said Court, setting forth that the deceased, Bernard Burns, had not selected and recorded a homestead upon his real estate during his lifetime; that on the 12th day of January, 1877, an inventory and appraisement of the real estate of said deceased was duly filed in said Probate Court, by which it appears that the said Bernard Burns died seized of a certain piece or parcel of land, (describing it) situate in said city and county, of the value of $3,000, and concluding with a prayer that said lot of land be set apart to her as a homestead. The application of said Lizzie Burns was duly considered by the said Probate Court, and on the…