ESTATE OF PETERSON

Docket No. 20670.

214 Cal.App.2d 258 (1963)

29 Cal. Rptr. 384

Estate of HARRY ANDREW PETERSON, Deceased. CHOICE PETERSON, Claimant and Appellant, v. HELEN H. ANDERSON, Claimant and Respondent.

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

March 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Carlton, Cameron Wolfe and Richard J. Asbill for Claimant and Appellant.

Cooper, Wiles & Barry, Cooper & Wiles, Daniel E. Cooper and Robert J. Wiles for Claimant and Respondent.


SHOEMAKER, J.

This is an action to determine heirship to the estate of Harry Andrew Peterson, who died intestate on June 16, 1959. The basic controversy is between claimant and respondent Helen Anderson, who claims to be the legitimated daughter of the decedent, and claimant and appellant Choice Peterson, the granddaughter of Alice Peterson, the predeceased spouse of the decedent. Helen Anderson's claim of heirship is based on legitimation for succession purposes...

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