Legal Opinion

Estate of Manatakis v. Walker Bank & Trust Co.

Utah Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1956No. 8534PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WADE, Justice.

Was the olographic will of Sam N. Man-atakis, deceased, sufficiently definite and certain when considered in connection with the surrounding facts and circumstances so that the trial court could reasonably find that the deceased intended to leave the property in question to the Salt Lake County Hospital, is the main question raised on this appeal. We conclude that such finding was reasonably supported by the evidence.

After decedent’s death on April 18, 1955, there was found in his safety deposit box two purported olographic wills, one of which was obviously defective and the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Board of Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church, South v. MaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
  2. Freyer v. San Francisco Protestant Orphanage SocietyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In Re the Trust of GerberUtah Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Larsen v. PaskettUtah Supreme Court · 1973
  3. In Re the Trust of GerberUtah Supreme Court · 1982

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