In Re Estate of Thomas
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. B. A. Herrington, and William A. Bowden, for Proponent, Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
A purported will of the deceased was offered for probate. A contest was instituted before probate, it being alleged that the purported will was a forgery. Issue was joined, trial was had before a jury upon the special issue propounded in the following interrogatory: “Did the deceased, J. W. Thomas, subscribe his name to the instrument purporting to be his last will and testament filed in this court on the 8th day of December, 1905?” The jury answered “No.” The court adopted this special verdict and made findings against the validity of the will, and by its decree denied it probate. John R.…
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