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WILLIAMS v. WARD

Docket No. 28276.

15 Cal.App.3d 381 (1971)

93 Cal. Rptr. 107

AUBREY DUDLEY WILLIAMS et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CAROLYN LEE WARD et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

February 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Patricia Ann Stoddard for Defendants and Appellants.

Charles W. Edwards, and Stark, Stewart, Simon & Sparrowe for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

DEVINE, P.J.

This case presents a question of interpretation of a will: whether the testator in describing children of the life tenant meant to include persons who as adults were adopted by the life tenant. The testator, John Russell, died in 1930, leaving a daughter, Crystal E. Russell, who was 37 years old, single and had no children. The daughter had undergone surgery which made it "questionable" whether she could ever...

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