In Re Estate of Thompson
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWilbur, J.
Respondent, the sister of the deceased, filed a will dated May 13, 1908, for probate. The surviving husband, the appellant, filed a contest of this will on the ground that the will had been revoked by a later will executed November 25,1916, which will he alleged had been destroyed without the intention of reviving the former will. Thereupon the sister filed a petition for the admission to probate of the will of 1916 as a lost or destroyed will. She also answered the contest of the will of 1908 by denying that the will of 1916 had been destroyed with the intention to revoke the same. Appellant…
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