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ESTATE OF SANBORN

Docket No. L.A. 20816.

33 Cal.2d 647 (1949)

204 P.2d 335

Estate of EMILY P. SANBORN, Deceased. ANNIE L. HARRIS et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 22, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Harold Decker and J. Frank Martin, Jr., for Appellants.

Abraham J. Harris, Acting Solicitor General, George T. Washington, Assistant Solicitor General, James M. Carter, United States Attorney, Clyde C. Downing and Robert J. McMillan, Assistant United States Attorneys, and John T. Fowler, Attorney, Department of Justice, for Respondent.

SPENCE, J.

Testatrix, a resident of Los Angeles, devised and bequeathed to the "United States of America" all her real property in this state and her government bonds. The will contains no residuary clause so that in the event of the failure of such devise and bequest, such property would descend to the decedent's heirs at law under the laws of succession. In the probate proceedings, the court ordered distribution of the mentioned property in pursuance of the terms...

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