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ESTATE OF CHARTERS

Docket No. L.A. 23375.

46 Cal.2d 227 (1956)

293 P.2d 778

Estate of SPENCER H. CHARTERS, Deceased. SECURITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES, as Trustee, etc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. IRENE MARIE CHARTERS YEAKEL et al., Respondents; LAURA HOERNER, Legatee and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 17, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henshey & Beeman and Howard B. Henshey for Petitioner and Appellant.

Lawler, Felix & Hall, William T. Coffin, Brady, Nossaman & Walker and Walter L. Nossaman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner and Appellant.

Hill, Farrer & Burrill and William C. Farrer for Legatee and Appellant.

Norman Elliott and Charles P. Lester, in pro. per., Robertson, Harney & Behr, David Robertson, Ruth Michaelson, Robertson, Harney, Drummond & Dorsey and Vernon W. Hunt, Jr., for Respondents.

TRAYNOR, J.

Irene Marie Charters Yeakel is the only child of Irene Meyers Charters and Spencer H. Charters. She was born on June 15, 1931. Her mother died January 2, 1942, leaving her by will the sum of $4,730.05. Her father was appointed guardian of her estate. On January 25, 1943, Spencer H. Charters died leaving a will dated February 12, 1942, the material provisions of which are quoted below.1

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