Geare v. Moore

STANFORD, Chief Justice.

Maie Geare Gilmore, a resident of Maricopa County, Arizona, died at Los Angeles,. California, on January 30, 1950. On April 18, 1950, a surviving sister of deceased,. Frances Geare Moore, appellee herein, filed, a petition in the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Arizona, to establish and have-admitted to probate an alleged lost will. On May 16, 1950, a written statement of contest: was filed by three brothers of the decedent: John B. Geare, Hubert E. Geare, and Ed A. Geare; and later, another brother,, James F. Geare, and a sister, Esther Geare Fagan, were joined as…