ESTATE OF GARDNER

Docket No. S.F. 23737.

21 Cal.3d 620 (1978)

580 P.2d 684

147 Cal. Rptr. 184

Estate of MAUD STELLA GARDNER, Deceased. EDWIN B. GARDNER, Petitioner and Respondent, v. BERYL GARDNER LANE, Claimant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Donald F. Lundgren, Keogh, Marer & Flicker and Gerald Z. Marer for Claimant and Appellant.

McCaw & Barnum and Donald B. McCaw for Petitioner and Respondent.


OPINION

NEWMAN, J.

(1) Beryl Gardner Lane appeals from a judgment awarding one-third of Maud Gardner's estate to Edwin Gardner, who the trial court ruled was a pretermitted heir under Probate Code section 90. The issue is whether the general disinheritance clause in Maud's will cuts off the rights of Edwin, who was not named.1 Beryl is Maud's daughter; Edwin is a grandson; his father (Maud...

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