Case Name: ESTATE OF JEFFREY NUNAN
Court: Probate Court of the City and County of San Francisco
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1879-05-08
Citations: 1 Myrick 238
Docket Number: No. 9111
Parties: ESTATE OF JEFFREY NUNAN.
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: 238–239

Head Matter:
ESTATE OF JEFFREY NUNAN.
No. 9111
May 8, 1879.
Bight to administer.—The Public Administrator has a right to administration only in cases of intestacy. In estates of testates, the Court has a discretion in the appointment.
Construing section, C. C. P., 1365.
E. W. McGraw, for Thos. Watt.
R. H. Lloyd, for Public Administrator.

Opinion:
Testator died in Canada, leaving estate in this State. His will has been probated in Canada, and an exemplified copy admitted to probate here. Margaret Stansall and Ellen Robinson, of Canada, are named in the will as executors; and upon their nomination and request, Thomas Watt, of this State, applies for letters of administration with the will annexed.
William Doolan, Public Administrator, also applies, claiming that the nominee of non-resident executors has no standing in Court, and that he is by law entitled to letters.
By the Court:
The Public Administrator has a right to letters only in case of intestacy. In this case, the Court may exercise its discretion, and does exercise it, by granting the application of Thomas Watt.