B-152064, MAY 12, 1964
Highlights
ELIZABETH FRANCES ORTIZ DIXON: REFERENCE IS MADE TO OUR LETTER OF JANUARY 7. EXECUTOR OF THE WILL OF YOUR LATE BROTHER. HAS ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT THE PROBATE COURT ISSUED AN ORDER TO THE EFFECT THAT THERE WAS A SISTER. BROTHER AND NIECE WHO WERE THE ONLY HEIRS OF THE DECEDENT. THAT ORDER APPEARS TO CONSTITUTE A JUDICIAL DETERMINATION THAT YOUR BROTHER WAS NOT SURVIVED BY AN HEIR WHO HAS PRIORITY OVER THE EXECUTOR FOR THE AMOUNT DUE THE ESTATE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 10 U.S.C. 2771. THEREFORE WE ARE THIS DATE ISSUING INSTRUCTIONS TO OUR CLAIMS DIVISION THAT THE CLAIM OF MR. AS EXECUTOR OF THE WILL OF THE DECEDENT.
B-152064, MAY 12, 1964
TO MRS. ELIZABETH FRANCES ORTIZ DIXON:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO OUR LETTER OF JANUARY 7, 1964, B-152064, TO YOU RELATIVE TO THE ESTATE OF YOUR DECEASED BROTHER, IRVING S. ORTIZ, UNITED STATES NAVY, RETIRED.
MR. R. LEE BAGBY, EXECUTOR OF THE WILL OF YOUR LATE BROTHER, HAS ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT THE PROBATE COURT ISSUED AN ORDER TO THE EFFECT THAT THERE WAS A SISTER, BROTHER AND NIECE WHO WERE THE ONLY HEIRS OF THE DECEDENT. THAT ORDER APPEARS TO CONSTITUTE A JUDICIAL DETERMINATION THAT YOUR BROTHER WAS NOT SURVIVED BY AN HEIR WHO HAS PRIORITY OVER THE EXECUTOR FOR THE AMOUNT DUE THE ESTATE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 10 U.S.C. 2771. THEREFORE WE ARE THIS DATE ISSUING INSTRUCTIONS TO OUR CLAIMS DIVISION THAT THE CLAIM OF MR. BAGBY, AS EXECUTOR OF THE WILL OF THE DECEDENT, FOR THE AMOUNT DUE MAY BE ALLOWED IF OTHERWISE CORRECT. ANY REQUEST FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM AS SISTER OF THE DECEDENT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE EXECUTOR, MR. R. LEE BAGBY, P.O. BOX 157, HAPPY CAMP, CALIFORNIA.