Legal Opinion

Estate of Taylor

California Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1899No. S.F. No. 1897PublishedCited by 12 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment denying a petition for the revocation of the probate of a will and denying a new trial of the contest for such revocation. Edward A. Belcher, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.

—This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment refusing to set aside the probate of the will of Deede Margaret Taylor, deceased, and from an order denying a new trial.

The will is olographic in character, written upon two separate sheets of paper, dated at the beginning, and signed at the end. The mere fact that the will is found upon two separate sheets of paper is immaterial. But appellant insists that the second sheet and signature were written some three months after the first sheet was written, and that therefore the will, as a whole, or as to its parts, is void as an olographic will. This…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Estate of WunderleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Estate of MoodyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
  3. Covington EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  4. Estate of DumasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
  5. Estate of Merryfield v. FoxCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914

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