Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of ELLEN ROACH WHALEN, Deceased
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1914-03-24
Citations: 167 Cal. 797
Docket Number: Sac. No. 2130
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of ELLEN ROACH WHALEN, Deceased.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 167
Pages: 797–797

Head Matter:
[Sac. No. 2130.
Department Two.
March 24, 1914.]
In the Matter of the Estate of ELLEN ROACH WHALEN, Deceased.
Estates or Deceased Persons—Proceeding to Determine Heirship.— Order refusing an application for letters of administration affirmed, on the authority of Estate of Borman, ante, p. 473.
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County denying a petition for letters of administration on the estate of a deceased person. Frank H. Smith, Judge.
The facts are similar to those stated in the opinion in the case of Estate of Horman, ante, p. 473.
C. W. Miller, for Appellant.
W. R. Jacobs, and A. H. Carpenter, for Respondents.

Opinion:
THE COURT.
This is an appeal by the public administrator of San Joaquin County from an order of the superior court of San Joaquin County denying his petition for letters of administration in the estate of Ellen Roach Whalen. It differs from the matter of Estate of Horman (Sac. No. 2131), ante, p. 473, [140 Pac. 11], this day decided, only in the fact that Mrs. Whalen was the sister of George Roach, deceased, while Mrs. Horman was his niece, and in the circumstance that Mrs. Whalen died before her heirs began the proceeding to establish their interest in their uncle's estate. There is no difference in principle between the two cases. Therefore upon the authority of Estate of Horman, we affirm the order from which the appeal was prosecuted.