In re Estate of Bergin

Daniel J. Bergin, deceased, died in March, 1892, in the city of Dublin, Ireland, leaving a last will, which was duly probated in the proper court of that country. He left some personal property in the city and county of San Francisco, California. By said will certain persons were appointed executors, and the respondent herein, Thomas I. Bergin, who is a citizen and resident of San Francisco, in the state of California, was named as a devisee. The said respondent produced and filed with the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco an authenticated copy of said will and probate, together with a petition that the same be admitted to probate here, and that letters of administration with the will annexed be issued to him. After-wards, A. C. Freese, public administrator of said city and county, also filed a petition for the probate of said will, and for the issuance of letters of administration to him. The court, after a hearing of both petitions, admitted the will to probate, ordered that letters be granted to said Thomas I. Bergin, and denied the petitioniof Freese; and from these orders Freese appeals.

We are satisfied that the ruling of the lower court was correct.…