Decided June 23rd, 1916. Acts of Assembly: constitutionality of — ; duty of courts. Marriage laws: of other States. Prohibited degrees of affinity or consanguinity: Rhode Island; Jews; special provisions for — . To declare an Act of the State Legislature unconstitutional or invalid is the exercise of a judicial power of a grave and delicate nature, and one that should not be exercised in a doubtful case. p. 136 Courts should be reluctant to declare unconstitutional an Act of another State, where
Docket No. L.A. 9972. March 8, 1928. APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. T.A. Norton, Judge Presiding. Affirmed in part and reversed in part. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Geo. W. Busch and E.C. Jennings for Appellants. Charles S. Darden and Hugh E. MacBeth for Respondent. CURTIS, J. Annie Morgan died intestate, leaving an estate consisting of real and personal property situated in the county of Los Angeles and valued at the sum of five thousand