Case Name: ESTATE OF RICHARD TOBIN
Court: Probate Court of the City and County of San Francisco
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1877-08-22
Citations: 1 Myrick 134
Docket Number: No. 6566
Parties: ESTATE OF RICHARD TOBIN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of Cases in the Probate Court of the City and County of San Francisco, from January 1, 1872, to December 31, 1879, Milton H. Myrick, Probate Judge
Volume: 1
Pages: 134–135

Head Matter:
ESTATE OF RICHARD TOBIN.
No. 6566
Aug. 22, 1877.
Devise ob Bequest to “ Chabitable ob Benevolent Society.”—The Boys’ Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum at San Rafael is a charitable and benevolent society, under Sec. 1313, C. 0., and is, as such, entitled to take a bequest.
Construing sections, C. 0., 1275,1313.
D. Rogers, for executor.
J. M. Burnett, for Asylum.
G. W. Tyler and Mogan & Sullivan, for other legatees.

Opinion:
The will is dated June 10, 1875, and disposes of the estate as follows:
To the Boys' Boman Catholic Orphan Asylum at San Bafael, Marin County, California, one-fourth;
To Michael Tobin and Alice Tobin, father and mother of testator, one-fourth;
To Ellen A. Fitzgerald all the rest and remainder, being the one-half.
By the Court:
It is claimed on behalf of all the other legatees that the legacy to the Orphan Asylum is void under Sec. 1275, C. C.; on behalf of Fitzgerald that she will take that share as residuary legatee; and on behalf of the father that he will take the share as heir, and that Fitzgerald's interest is limited by the will to the one-half of the estate, as named in the will.
The effect of Sec. 1313, C. C., is to qualify the terms of Sec. 1275; and charitable and benevolent societies and corporations may take under a will. The " Boys' Boman Catholic Orphan Asylum at San Bafael," being a charitable and benevolent society, the bequest to it is good, and the estate should be distributed according to the terms of the will.