Dunne v. Dunne
66 Cal. 157 ·
Supreme Court of California · Filed
Published · citable
Holding
The court held that a devisee who accepts a devise subject to a charge for legacies, and who receives the rents and profits of the devised property, becomes personally liable to pay those legacies and is bound to exercise any option conferred by the will to satisfy them in an alternative manner within a reasonable time, notwithstanding that a formal decree of distribution has not yet been entered.