ESTATE OF LEDBETTER

Docket No. L.A. 24596.

50 Cal.2d 283 (1958)

324 P.2d 884

Estate of EDWARD L. LEDBETTER, Deceased. MARK WOOD, as Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. JOHN D. LUTON, as Guardian, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 9, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pat A. McCormick and Lyle C. Newcomer for Appellant.

Rubin & Small and Gene L. Rubin for Respondent.


SPENCE, J.

The administrator appeals from that portion of an order surcharging him with $1,376 on his final account and ordering him to deposit said sum in the account of the estate. He contends that the probate court improperly ordered such surcharge in view of a prior order authorizing his compromise and settlement of a wrongful death claim. The record sustains his position.

Decedent and other members of his immediate...

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