General
Estate of EDWARD FLAHERTY, Deceased
5 Coffey 426·Superior Court, in and for the City and County of San Francsico, State of California·1884·CA
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Opinion
Estate of EDWARD FLAHERTY, Deceased.
[No. 2,798;
decided February 11, 1884.]
Administrator—Nomination by Nonresident Widow.—The second marriage of a woman who has" a husband living is void, and she becomes his widow upon his death. Hence she has a right to nominate an administrator of his estate, although she is a nonresident and is cohabiting with and bearing the name of the second husband.
Wright & Cormac, for the public administrator.
C. W. Bryant, for Kimball.
J. E. Jarrett, for the widow.
George N. Williams, for Patrick Flaherty.
A. H. Loughborough, for absent heirs.