Estate of Trabucco
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtVan Dyke, P. J.
This is an appeal by contestant, Dorothy M. George, from an order admitting decedent’s will to probate after the court had granted the proponents’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a will contest.
Decedent, Gus Trabuceo, died October 9, 1958, in Merced, where he had lived for approximately 50 years. He left a formal will, duly executed and dated May 6, 1958, by which he gave all his property to respondents, Louis and Helen Cavanna, husband and wife, who were not related to him. They petitioned for probate of the will and appellant filed a contest before probate, setting up…
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