Estate of Danford
California Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtWaste, J.
Appellant appeals from an order refusing probate to a purported will, admitting to probate a subsequently executed document, and granting letters testamentary with the will annexed to respondent. The question in the case is whether a will of William J. Danford, deceased, dated September 15, 1920, appointing appellant executrix thereof, was revoked by a later will dated September 9, 1922, in which there is no clause expressly revoking the prior will, and in which no' one is designated to act as executor.
After William J. Danford died, on October 24, 1923, two documents of testamentary character…
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