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ESTATE OF PECK

Docket No. 18130.

168 Cal.App.2d 25 (1959)

335 P.2d 185

Estate of JANET M. PECK, Deceased. AARON M. SARGENT et al., Appellants, v. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (a Corporation), Respondent.

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

February 16, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron M. Sargent, in pro. per., and Doyle & Clecak for Appellants.

Robert Minge Brown, Albert J. Moorman, Graham B. Moody, Jr., and McCutcheon, Doyle, Brown & Enersen for Respondent.

KAUFMAN, P.J.

The only question on this appeal is the validity of a charitable trust created by the will of Janet Peck. By a decree determining heirship and ordering preliminary distribution, the probate court found the trust valid and ordered distribution accordingly, to the Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University, respondent herein. Appellants assert that the trust is void and claim the estate on grounds of intestacy.

Janet Peck died in...

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