ESTATE OF DODGE

Docket No. L.A. 29922.

6 Cal.3d 311 (1971)

491 P.2d 385

98 Cal. Rptr. 801

Estate of JAMES W. DODGE, Deceased. BARBARA DODGE GILL, Petitioner and Appellant, v. DOLORES STONE, Claimant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Marshall, Lowthorp & Richards, Edward L. Lascher and Richard E. Rader for Petitioner and Appellant.

Heily, Blase, Ellison & Muegenburg, Heily, Blase & Ellison and F.T. Muegenburg, Jr., for Claimant and Respondent.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

Appellant Barbara Gill appeals from an order of the Ventura County Superior Court determining the division of the estate of James W. Dodge. That court held that a bequest of "personal property" in paragraph 7 of the will of James Dodge encompassed only personal effects, and that cash, bonds, notes and trust deeds owned by testator passed into a testamentary trust for the benefit of testator's children and his...

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