ESTATE OF SAWYER

Docket No. 19415.

193 Cal.App.2d 471 (1961)

14 Cal. Rptr. 450

Estate of THOS. A. SAWYER, Deceased. BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION (a National Banking Association), as Executor, etc., Appellant, v. DOROTHY ALBERTA McDERMOTT, Respondent.

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

June 29, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hood, Johnstone & Hansen for Appellant.

Alan W. Davidson, Hildebrand, Bills & McLeod and Albert H. Davidson for Respondent.


DUNIWAY, J.

Thomas A. Sawyer died testate on September 9, 1958, and his will was admitted to probate on October 15, 1958. On May 8, 1959, Dorothy Alberta McDermott (formerly Sawyer), his only child, filed a petition to determine heirship. In response, appellant bank, as executor of the will of Ella P. Sawyer, who died November 28, 1958, filed a statement claiming the entire estate. The court found that Dorothy was named...

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