Thorley v. Thorley

CROCKETT, Justice:

Plaintiff Thomas J. Thorley instituted this action to challenge the validity of the will of his brother, Lester R. Thorley, which another brother, defendant William R. Thorley had offered for probate. From rulings adverse to plaintiff and admitting the will to probate, plaintiff appeals.

Lester was born in Utah and lived in the Cedar City area for most of the first fifty years of his life. He then moved to Southern California where he resided for some thirty years. While living there, in 1964, Lester executed a will leaving his estate to his brother, plaintiff Thomas J.…