Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of THOMAS H. BLYTHE, Deceased. THE BLYTHE COMPANY, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1897-01-08
Citations: 115 Cal. 554
Docket Number: S. F. No. 658
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of THOMAS H. BLYTHE, Deceased. THE BLYTHE COMPANY, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 554–555

Head Matter:
[S. F. No. 658.
Department Two.
January 8, 1897.]
In the Matter of the Estate of THOMAS H. BLYTHE, Deceased. THE BLYTHE COMPANY, Appellant.
Estates of Deceased Persons—Determination of Heirship—Res Adjudicaba—Appeal by Party not of Kin — Dismissal.—A party to proceedings for the determination of the heirship of a decedent, instituted under section 1664 of the Code of Civil Procedure, is concluded by such determination in the distribution of the estate, and where he has been declared by the decision of the court, affirmed upon appeal, to be not of kin to the decedent, and not entitled to any interest in the estate, he is no longer a party in interest in the proceedings in the estate; and an appeal taken by such party from the decree of final distribution of the estate will be dismissed upon motion.
Motion to dismiss an appeal from a decree of the • Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, distributing the estate of Thomas H. Blythe. J. V. Coffey, Judge.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court in Estate of Blythe, 112 Cal. 689, 110 Cal. 231, Blythe v. Ayres, 110 Cal. 226, In re Blythe, 108 Cal. 124, and Blythe v. Ayres, 102 Cal. 254.
George W. Towle, Jr., for Appellant.
• W. H. H. Hart, Garber, Boalt, <fc Bishop, and W. W. Foote, for Respondent.

Opinion:
The Court.
This is a motion to dismiss the appeal of the Blythe Company from the decree of final distribution in the matter of the said estate, upon the ground that said company is not a party in interest in the proceeding. Such was the determination of the court as to this appellant in Estate of Blythe, 112 Cal. 689. The appeal is therefore dismissed.