In re Estate of Pfuelb

Citations

• 48 Cal. 643

Syllabus

<p>OoNSTEVCTiosr of A Wn.li.—A will, made before the present Codes took effect, is to be construed under the statutes in force at the time it was made.</p> <p>Constbuction of A Whu.—The word “relation,” in the statute, providing that a devise to a relation shall not lapse by the death of the devisee during the lifetime of the testator, if the devisee leaves lineal descendants, includes only relations by blood, and not by affinity.</p>