In re Estate of Woods

There was a contest in the court below between C. M. West and George Bronner, as public administrator, for letters of administration of this estate, which was decided in favor of the latter. West appealed from the order appointing Bronner administrator, giving an undertaking on appeal in the sum of three hundred dollars, as provided for in section 941 of the Code of Civil Procedure; but Bronner is proceeding to administer the estate, and the matter now before us is an application by West for an order staying all proceedings until the determination of the appeal.

The undertaking provided for by section 941 “ stays all further proceeding in the court below upon the judgment or order appealed from; or upon the matters embraced therein,” except in those cases specified in sections 942, 943, 944, and 945, and a few special matters mentioned in section 949 not material here. (See sections 946-949.) But appellant here is not within the said sections from 942 to 945, which “ apply to appellants who are required to perform the directions of the judgment or order appealed from.” (Estate of Schedel, 69 Cal. 241 .) The case at bar cannot be distinguished in principle from Pennie v. Superior…