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ESTATE OF SORENSEN

Docket No. L.A. 23131.

44 Cal.2d 306 (1955)

281 P.2d 870

Estate of S.P.A. SORENSEN, Deceased. BEN H. BROWN, as Public Administrator, etc., et al., Respondents, v. PETRA SORENSEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 15, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danielson & St. Clair for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and John F. Hassler, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents.

EDMONDS, J.

The heirs of S.P.A. Sorensen, deceased, claim the assets of his estate. The appeal is from a decree which determines, inter alia, that distribution must be made to the State of California for failure of the heirs "to appear and demand the property within five years from the date of succession" as required by section 1026 of the Probate Code.1

Sorensen died intestate in 1934. His only heirs were three sisters...

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