Legal Opinion
Ford v. Donahue
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 25, 1934No. 13,354PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hilliard
Judgment of dismissal of caveat to a will. Error is assigned.
It appears that one Mary O’Bourke McCardle, or McArdle, departed this life August 21, 1932; that she left a last will and testament in which Josephine B. Donahue was made sole devisee and legatee; that to Mrs. Donahue’s petition for admission of the will to probate Grace McArdle Ford, alleging- that she was decedent’s stepdaughter, filed a caveat, in which she charged that “decedent did not possess the requisite mental capacity to make a will at the time of the purported execution of the will offered for probate”; that to the caveat…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In re the Estate of ShapterSupreme Court of Colorado · 1906
- Braeuel v. ReutherSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
- McDonald v. Texas Employers' Ins.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1925
- Wilson v. Van ZantSupreme Court of Colorado · 1929
3Cited by18 opinions
- Fuller v. FullerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- Jones v. BarlowUtah Supreme Court · 2007
- Taylor v. TaylorWashington Supreme Court · 1961
- Estate of Wind v. WindWashington Supreme Court · 1947
- Cooley v. WashingtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
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