Estate of Moore
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtShepard, J.
This is an appeal from an order determining heirship.
The pertinent facts necessary for determination of the cause are shown by the record before us as follows: The deceased, Mergrette M. Moore, was, oh February 6, 1943, a resident of the State of California. On that date she made a holographic will, valid under the laws of California. By that will she bequeathed all of her property to her sister, Phebe Ripple, for life. The dispute in this case primarily revolves around a single paragraph of the will which reads as follows: “She is to use this property as long as she lives and then it is to…
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