The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-09-03
MERRY DISPUTE
OVER THE WILL
OF GOCHNAUER
Widow Slaps at Pub
lie Administrator.
A QUEER OPPOSITION FILED
TAPPAN TURNS LOOSE HowIT-
FER OF HUMoR.
Mrs. Gochnauer Declares It's None Of
Halves Business to NEEDLE in
the Estate Of Her Deceased
Husband.
4 QUEER OPPOSITION FILED
TAPPAN TURNS LOOSE HowIT-
FER OF HUMOR.
Oakland Office San Francisco can

s0S Broadway, Sept.
The petition for letters OF administra-
ton on the estate of Philip Gochnauer,
who died supposedly intestate at his home
in Alameda on August 10 last, fled by
Public Administrator 3. {. Halves
through his attorneys, Shook IL Church.
has stirred up a hornets nest apparently,
and to-day most peculiar opposition 10
the proceedings taken was flied by the
widow. Mrs Florence A. GOchnauer
through her attorney, r. b. Tappan.
In the opposition Attorney Tappan turns
loose his hOwitzer OF suppressed
humor, mingled with Indignation, upon
the Public Administrator for nosiug in
business that ne claims does not concern
him. The objections to this county Off
Gals steps are set forth in the opposition
as follows:
That the Public Administrator has
no legal right TO interfere with the es-
tate of SAID deceased, since deceased
left him surviving d widow The Pub
lie Administrator is as much bound by
law as any citizen of this common
wealth is and he is bound to respect
section 1901 OF the Code of Civil Pro-
cedure of said State, which provides
that if a person named IN Will as
executor neglecIs for thirty days TO
file the VIII and petition for Its pro-
bate he may be held TO have renounced
his right 70 letters. Whether or not
deceased left a will is of no concern to
the Public Administrator, for deceased
left him surviving Il widow, who has
right to attend 10 her own business
without outside interference
1t had been stated that the deceased left
a widow and two children surviving him
and residing near the Catalina Islands,
and concerning this statement the Opposl-
ton rectteS:
The widow of deceased denies that
she eevr saw the island Of Catalina,
but admits that she has seen what is
known as Goat Island: that did she
reside at the island of Catalina she
would not be disqualified from attend
ing to her business IN connectlon with
this estate, for the widow believes the
said island to be within the 1urlSdic-
ton of this court.
The widow further, through the in
strumentaIity of Attorney Tappan's
howitzer, alleges that she has resided
in one house in Alameda continuously
for twenty years last past, ana her
residence is as well known IN her
nefghborhOod as is the residence of the
Public Administrator in his neighbor-
hood. and if the PUBLIC Administrator
would have expended 10 cents Tor far
fare he would have learned the facts
about the family OF deceased and
hence he would not have been obliged
to file a petition for letters herein in
which he sets forth that he knows only
that deceased is dead"
The Widow Gochnauer asks that this
court throw the proceedings out of
court because of the unreasonable
interference of the Public Administra-
tor: that when she gets good and ready
as the law pei IIIiLS-oile i44eiy PCtillOtI
this court for letters and TO take such
stems as she may be advised"
FLORENCE A. GOCHNAUER.
Widow of deceased, of sound mind,
qualified TO attend to her own affairs.
Public Administrator Halves declares
that he used no undue haste in applying
for letters on August rs, and that he pro-
poses his petition shall be heard in court
Unless a will is filed. If there is a Will he
is at a loss to account for the delay in its
filing.