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Estate Of Heard, Jesse W. Carter Dec 1957

Estate Of Heard, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

Trial court properly ordered trustee to pay monthly income to income beneficiary under will requiring payment to individuals or their lawful issue, as testatrix's will was allowed to include adopted children who were adopted after testatrix's death.


Estate Of Fallon [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter Nov 1957

Estate Of Fallon [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

A widow was not entitled to a family allowance upon decedent's death because the widow had previously been awarded support for one year, and she did not show that circumstances had changed so that she was entitled to additional support.


Riley V. Superior Court Of Los Angeles County, Jesse W. Carter Nov 1957

Riley V. Superior Court Of Los Angeles County, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

An administratrix's argument that because a guardianship had terminated, the guardian had no capacity to act for the estate, was without merit because the guardianship did not terminate until the judgment of the district court became final.


Estate Of Stanford, Jesse W. Carter Sep 1957

Estate Of Stanford, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

Distribution to children adopted after the death of a testatrix was proper where the will named the children without conditions, and distribution to a child's successor was proper because the bequest was not contingent on the child's survival.


Hilton V. Mcnitt, Jesse W. Carter Sep 1957

Hilton V. Mcnitt, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

As the property settlement and divorce decree provided that the decedent was to pay the claimant a finite series of monthly support payments, the executor properly denied the claimant's demand for payments that accrued after the decedent's death.


Carney V. Simmonds, Jesse W. Carter Sep 1957

Carney V. Simmonds, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

The motion for a new trial by an administratrix was properly granted because a reasonable construction of her complaint would point to a fraudulent exclusion of the administratrix from the hearing on the application to set aside her son's estate.


Estate Of Poisl, Jesse W. Carter Apr 1957

Estate Of Poisl, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

The court denied defendant widow's motion to dismiss plaintiff attorney's appeal, in plaintiff's suit for attorney's fees because the receipt of payment of the award of attorney's fees did not bar the appeal from that award.


Estate Of Radovich, Jesse W. Carter Mar 1957

Estate Of Radovich, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

Where an individual had been declared to be an adopted son in equity for purposes of inheriting an estate, it was error to impose an inheritance tax at the rate applicable to a stranger, as the declared status was final and res judicata.