ADAMS v. SHARP

Docket No. L.A. 27968.

61 Cal.2d 775 (1964)

394 P.2d 943

40 Cal. Rptr. 255

REGINA F. ADAMS, Petitioner, v. WILLIAM G. SHARP, as County Clerk, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 31, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry R. Roberts for Petitioner.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and Donald K. Byrne, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to require respondent, as Clerk of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, to comply with an order of such superior court to accept letters testamentary bearing the oath of office of petitioner taken before a notary public in the State of Indiana.

Facts: Petitioner is a nonresident of the State of California and absent therefrom. On February 10, 1964, she, through her attorney of record, petitioned...

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