ESTATE OF JOHNSTON

Docket No. L.A. 24046.

47 Cal.2d 265 (1956)

303 P.2d 1

Estate of ANNA M. JOHNSTON, Deceased. ALFRED R. JOHNSTON, as Executor, etc., Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leland J. Allen for Appellant.

No appearance for Respondents.


McCOMB, J.

This is an appeal from an order settling the first account current, decreeing preliminary distribution, fixing statutory and extraordinary fees of the executor and the attorney, and interpreting the will of Anna M. Johnston.

CHRONOLOGY

i. Testatrix died July 14, 1953, leaving a will.

ii. The provisions of her will, insofar as they are pertinent to this appeal, are as follows:

"SEVENTH: I direct that my farm at Hopkinton...

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