Hinckley v. Stebbins

Citations

• 3 Cal. Unrep. 478
• 29 P. 52
• 1892 Cal. LEXIS 1024

Syllabus

<p>Decree of Distribution—Value of Items.—Where a decree of the probate court distributed to certain trustees the legal title to an undivided one-third of certain property, “that is to say, .... one-third of the aggregated value of all the six items hereinafter specified,” and contained a statement of such items, together with the amounts thereof, the values of the various items were thereby fixed.</p> <p>Probate of Will—Litigation Over Charity—Attorney Fees.— Where a testator leaves a portion of his estate to a charity, and the charity engages in litigation involving the construction of the will, its attorneys’ fees will not be chargeable against the whole estate, but only against the portion devised to it.</p>