ESTATE OF BUSTEED

Docket No. 14587.

105 Cal.App.2d 14 (1951)

232 P.2d 881

Estate of MARY M. BUSTEED, Deceased. HELEN L. CRANDELL, as Executrix, etc., et al., Appellants, v. MARGARET MURPHY SULLIVAN et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

June 22, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hadsell, Sweet, Ingalls & Murman for Appellants.

W.C. McDonnell, Andrew F. Burke, Henry J. O'Connor, Molkenbuhr & Molkenbuhr, John B. Ehlen and Brandenburger & White for Respondents.


AGEE, J. pro tem.

Mary M. Busteed died intestate on July 16, 1945, leaving an estate of about $96,000. A petition to determine heirship was filed on April 21, 1948. The court appointed a referee to take testimony and report back. After numerous hearings the referee filed his report. The court found, as did the referee, that decedent's heirs at law consisted of 13 first cousins, five on the maternal side and eight on the paternal side. The paternal cousins were designated...

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