Legal Opinion

Estate of Stone

California Court of Appeal

Decided June 18, 1943No. Civ. 13682PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtShinn, Acting P. J.

Fannie Bomash, sister of Abner H. Stone, deceased, appeals from a judgment dismissing her will contest and admitting the will of said decedent to probate after a jury had rendered a special verdict that the will had not been executed by decedent before subscribing witnesses in the manner prescribed by law. Other grounds of contest were eliminated by nonsuit. The sole question on the appeal is whether there was evidence which, viewed in the light most favorable to contestant, gave substantial support to the finding of the jury against due execution.

*265Upon a review of the evidence we have become…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Estate of LatourCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
  2. In Re Estate of RelphCalifornia Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Estate of PitcairnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
  4. Estate of BraueCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1941
  5. Smethurst v. SmethurstCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Crowley v. KatlemanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Estate of JohansonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
  3. Owings v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Baecker v. EmdenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
  5. Gray v. Security-First National BankCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948

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