ESTATE OF CALHOUN

Docket No. L.A. 22987.

44 Cal.2d 378 (1955)

282 P.2d 880

Estate of GEORGE A. CALHOUN, Deceased. DAISY OREB, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. WALTER WILLIAM PETTIT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 26, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Morrison for Appellant.

Richard McLeod for Respondent.

Louis Thomsen as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


EDMONDS, J.

Letters of administration in the estate of George A. Calhoun were issued to Daisy Oreb, the natural daughter of Calhoun's adoptive parents. Her appeal from an order revoking those letters and appointing Walter William Pettit, a natural brother of the decedent, as administrator, presents for determination the conflicting claims of Mrs. Oreb and the blood relatives of Calhoun to the right to succeed to his estate.

These facts are stipulated:

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