Legal Opinion
Estate of Obernolte v. Caskey
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 28, 1979No. Civ. 54402PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COBEY, Acting P. J.
Dona Wilson appeals from an order denying her petition for revocation of the probate of a will of Jennie Vessels Obernolte, deceased, executed some two months before her death on December 21, 1974. The appeal lies. (Prob. Code, § 1240.)
The fundamental issue on this appeal is whether there was before the trial court substantial evidence to support its key finding of fact “[t]hat [it] is equally probable that if decedent’s copy of Will was destroyed, it was destroyed by someone other than the decedent.” We conclude that there was and we will therefore affirm.
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