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Estate of Anthony

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 11, 1913No. Civ. No. 1159PublishedCited by 22 opinions

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Alameda County admitting a will to probate. N. D. Arnot, Judge presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

MURPHEY, J., pro tem:

This is an appeal from an order of the superior court of the county of Alameda, admitting to probate as the last will and testament of deceased two letters written entirely in the handwriting of the deceased a short period of time before his death and addressed to the respondent and another friend Lavin. These letters are quite long, and contain a large amount of immaterial matter relative to the writer’s dissatisfaction with social, religious, and industrial conditions generally, and informing his friends that' he has concluded to end it all in death, which he states to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Brown v. . ClarkNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
  2. Lockbihler v. YoungCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  3. In re Estate of RichardsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Sherman v. ShermanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Estate of PriceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1910

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Estate of WunderleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Estate of CarpenterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Estate of MaguireCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936
  4. Estate of KelleherCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Miller v. CarrascoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932

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