In Re the Estate of Marx
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Napa County admitting a will to probate. Henry C. Gesford, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The record presents an appeal by Stephanie Henke, a niece of the decedent, and her only heir at law, from an order admitting to probate, as constituting together the last will of the decedent, two documents testamentary in character, executed at different dates.
The decedent died on May 14, 1914. One of the documents in question was dated March 8, 1910, the other March 26, 1913. The latter was found immediately after her death and, on petition of the persons named therein as executors, was duly admitted to probate on June 8, 1914. Several months after their appointment as executors, upon…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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