ESTATE OF REARDON

Docket No. 22924.

243 Cal.App.2d 221 (1966)

52 Cal. Rptr. 68

Estate of THOMAS B. REARDON, Deceased. JOHN P. McCORMACK, as Executor, etc., et al., Petitioners and Appellants, v. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Claimant and Appellant; JOHN E. REARDON et al., Claimants and Respondents.

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

June 28, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart & Tuttle and W.K. Stewart for Petitioners and Appellants.

Andrews, Andrews & Thaxter and James F. Thaxter for Claimant and Appellant.

Burnett, Burnett, Keough & Cali and John M. Burnett for Claimants and Respondents.


DEVINE, J.

This case involves the statutory restrictions on testamentary charitable gifts.

Facts

Thomas B. Reardon died April 19, 1932, leaving a will which he had executed January 6, 1930. His heirs were Mary A. Reardon, his wife; three sisters; and two children of a predeceased brother, John E. Reardon and Dorothy Reardon. A small amount of the estate was community property. The will provides that the widow may allow her community share...

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