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· 4/18/1891

In re Estate of Carmody

Citations

  • 88 Cal. 616
  • 26 P. 373
  • 1891 Cal. LEXIS 747

Syllabus

<p>Estates of Decedents — Inheritance from Deceased Wife — Right of Administration. — Where a wife dies, leaving a husband surviving, but no issue, father, mother, brother, or sister, the surviving husband is entitled to succeed to the whole estate, and a nephew of the wife, not being entitled to succeed to any portion of the estate, is not entitled to letters of administration.</p> <p>Id.—Surviving Husband — Qualifications of Administrator — Claim to Estate — Want of Integrity. — The fact that the surviving husband claims the whole estate of the deceased wife as his own does not show a want of integrity, or disqualify him to act as her administrator, within the meaning of section 1369 of the Civil Code.</p>

How courts have described this case

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  • accepting voluntary discipline of eighteen-month suspension for admitted violation of Rule 8.4 (a) (3)
  • imposing 18-month suspension with conditions for reinstatement following attorney’s conviction of misdemeanor fraud related to identity documents where “several significant mitigating factors” were present
  • imposing 18-month suspension with conditions for reinstatement following attorney’s conviction of misdemeanor fraud related to identity documents where 3 “several significant mitigating factors” were present
  • accepting voluntary discipline of eighteen-month suspension for admitted violation of Rule 8.4 (a) (3)
  • 18-month suspension for misdemeanor conviction for violating 18 USC §§ 2 and 1028 for having counseled, commanded, and induced a client, who was not a Georgia resident, to possess a Georgia driver’s license
  • 18-month suspension for misdemeanor conviction

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Judges: Belcher

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