In re Estate of Harlan

Citations

• 24 Cal. 182

Syllabus

<p>Jurisdiction of Probate Court. — The Probate Court of the county of which the decedent was a resident at the time of his death, alone has jurisdiction to issue letters of administration upon his estate.</p> <p>Change of County Boundaries—Effect of on Administration.—If, after the death of the intestate, that portion of the county in which ho resided at the time of his death, is erected into a new county, or attached to another county, the Probate Court of the old county still retains its jurisdiction over the administration.</p> <p>In what County Letters of Administration Issue. — The residence of a party at the time of his death, and not the situation of the estate, is the test of probate jurisdiction.</p>