Estate of ELMER ENOCH DAIGH, Deceased. MARION H. JOHNSTON, Petitioner and Appellant, v. D. F. REID, as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Respondent

59 Cal. 2d 367 ·

Supreme Court of California · Filed March 21, 1963

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Holding

The court held that an interest adverse to the decedent's estate does not disqualify a person from being appointed as executor in the absence of a statute authorizing disqualification on that ground.

Statutes construed

PROB § 521

Cited by (1)

Estate of BEATRICE BREGMAN DULFON, Deceased; ERNIE I. DULFON, Petitioner and Appellant, v. MARY LOUISE BREGMAN, a Minor, etc., et al., Objectors and Respondents (1966) 243 Cal. App. 2d 469