Crew

Crew v. Pratt

Good Law
119 Cal. 131·1897 Cal. LEXIS 867·51 P. 44
Supreme Court of CaliforniaDecember 2, 1897Sac. No. 265California2,852 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Searls, J.

This action is brought hy the plaintiffs, trustees under the last will of O. C. Pratt, deceased, to obtain a decree of the court determining whether an annuity, provided in said last will to be paid to Lizzie E. Pratt, widow of said O. C. Pratt, deceased, shall he so paid from the date of the death of said deceased, viz., from October 24, 1891, or from the date of the decree of distribution, viz., Hay 19, 1893.

The defendants are the heirs at law of said O. C. Pratt, deceased, and devisees and legatees under said last will.

The court, by its final decree, directed the said plaintiffs, trustees, to pay the defendant, Lizzie E. Pratt, said annuity from and after the date of the death of said O. C. Pratt, viz., the *133 twenty-fourth day of October, 1891, and continuing for seven years, etc.

Lucy C. Goodspeed and Annie M. Pratt and Orville C. Pratt, second, minors, by their guardian, E. C. Campbell, moved for a new trial, which was refused, and this appeal is taken from such order denying a new trial. O. C. Pratt, as before stated, died October ,94, 1891, testate. His last will was admitted to probate in November of the same year at Butte county. The estate, consisting largely of…

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