ESTATE OF DUNCAN

Docket No. 21891.

145 Cal.App.2d 612 (1956)

302 P.2d 892

Estate of DOROTHY DUNCAN, Deceased. JACQUES B. SNYDER, Appellant, v. MOTION PICTURE RELIEF FUND, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

November 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard R. Decker and Robert S. Dickerman for Appellant.

Alpern & Vallier and Robert Vallier for Respondents.


MOORE, P.J.

From a judgment determining heirship, Jacques Snyder appeals.

In her lifetime, decedent executed a holographic will. After making a number of bequests of $100 each and of treasured possessions of adornment, she closed with a residuary clause in the following words:

"If, after everything is paid up — that is, my debts — whatever money is left I would like to help, perhaps a secretary, at the Motion Picture Relief Fund."

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