ESTATE OF KARKEET

Docket No. Sac. 7151.

56 Cal.2d 277 (1961)

363 P.2d 896

14 Cal. Rptr. 664

Estate of PEGGY E. KARKEET, Deceased. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner and Appellant, v. LEAH SELIX, Individually and as Executrix, etc., Objector and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and W.R. Augustine, Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioner and Appellant.

George L. Naylor for Objector and Respondent.


WHITE, J.

The attorney general, in behalf of the State of California, appeals from a decree determining that Leah Selix, respondent herein, is the residuary legatee under the will of Peggy E. Karkeet, deceased, in a proceeding to determine heirship pursuant to section 1080 of the Probate Code.

Peggy E. Karkeet died testate in Tuolumne County, in October 1958 at the age of approximately 60 years. Prior thereto decedent...

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