Rothschild

This is an appeal from an order granting a preliminary injunction restraining Rudolph Erda, a resident of New York and temporary administrator of the estate of Arthur Rothschild, from prosecuting all suits or claims in an estate matter pending in New York. Appellant appeared specially at the San Francisco hearing for the limited purpose of contesting the jurisdiction of the superior court to hear the matter.

The granting of the injunction arose out of the following circumstances: Arthur Rothschild, a resident of New York, died testate January 24, 1964, in Israel where he had spent the last three years of his life. His will provides that his entire estate, consisting of stocks and bonds situated in the City of New York in the possession of the brokerage firm of Hornblower & Weeks, be divided equally between his two sons, Eric and Elehanan Rothschild. Eric was a resident of San Francisco and Elehanan was a resident of New York. Twenty days prior to Arthur Rothschild’s death, Eric obtained from Arthur Rothschild a written authorization transferring to himself securities valued at approximately $175,000, had these securities transferred into his own name but permitted them to remain…