Estate of ELMER L. SANDERSON, Deceased. BALBENA S. SYSTER, as Administratrix, etc., Contestant and Appellant, v. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF SAN DIEGO et al., Defendants and Respondents
58 Cal. 2d 522 ·
Supreme Court of California · Filed
Published · citable
Cited by 4
Holding
The court held that a substitutional clause in a will, which bequeathed the estate to individuals with a non-binding request to carry out the testator's charitable wishes, was a valid and effective disposition that defeated the surviving heir’s challenge under Probate Code section 41.
Statutes construed
- PROB § 41
Cited by (4)
- Estate of VERNA LEE ROBISON, Deceased. ARTHUR LAWRENCE LEE, as Administrator, etc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. VOICE OF PROPHECY et al., Objectors and Respondents (1966) 242 Cal. App. 2d 19
- Estate of THOMAS B. REARDON, Deceased. JOHN P. McCORMACK, as Executor, etc., et al., Petitioners and Appellants, v. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Claimant and Appellant; JOHN E. REARDON et al., Claimants and Respondents (1966) 243 Cal. App. 2d 221
- Estate of MATILDA E. PROCTOR, Deceased; ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, Claimant and Appellant, v. SECURITY FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Petitioner and Respondent; HELEN PROCTOR LINGO et al., Claimants and Respondents (1967) 248 Cal. App. 2d 304
- Estate of LINUS A. GOYETTE, Deceased. JEAN C. IJAMS et al., Claimants and Appellants, v. DIOCESE OF MONTEREY-FRESNO EDUCATION & WELFARE CORPORATION et al., Claimants and Respondents (1968) 258 Cal. App. 2d 768