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ESTATE OF AKELEY

Docket No. L.A. 20939.

35 Cal.2d 26 (1950)

215 P.2d 921

Estate of CLARA ROOD AKELEY, Deceased. RUSSELL LEMMON, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 21, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General for Appellant.

Sidney N. Bachtell, B. Dean Clanton and Newby, Holder & Newby for Respondents.

SHENK, J.

This appeal from the decree of final distribution presents for consideration the question of the correctness of the probate court's interpretation of the residuary clause in the will of the decedent.

Clara Rood Akeley died on November 1, 1947. She left an holographic will dated November 14, 1946, declaring that she was unmarried and had no living relatives of any degree of kindred. She made several specific bequests to individuals, appointed Russell...

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