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ESTATE OF UNDERWOOD

Docket No. 18453.

170 Cal.App.2d 669 (1959)

339 P.2d 154

Estate of NAOMI UNDERWOOD, Deceased. CLAIRE SANTIAGO, Appellant, v. BERT E. UNDERWOOD, Respondent.

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

May 26, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold D. Mefford for Appellant.

J.T. Harrington for Respondent.

DRAPER, J.

This is a proceeding to determine heirship. The trial court found that the sole surviving heirs are an adopted daughter and the surviving husband, and that the estate is wholly separate property of decedent. It ordered distribution of the intestate portion thereof in equal shares to daughter and husband (Prob. Code, § 221). The daughter appeals, contending that the marriage of respondent and decedent was invalid, and that Underwood thus has no right...

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