In Re the Estate of Arnold
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County granting a nonsuit and dismissal of a contest of a will, and from orders admitting the will to probate and appointing executors. N. H. Conklin, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
The contestants of the will of Harriet M. Arnold, deceased, appeal from a judgment of the court below granting a nonsuit and dismissing the proceedings in opposi- - tion to the probate of the will of the deceased, executed April 25, 1903, and from the subsequent orders admitting said will to probate and appointing executors. The appellants assign as errors the granting of the motion for nonsuit, and a number of rulings excluding and admitting evidence.
We think the judgment of nonsuit was erroneous. In determining whether or not in a proceeding to contest a will, the evidence produced by the…
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