Legal Opinion

Estate of England

California Court of Appeal

Decided September 19, 1927No. Docket No. 5838PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McLUCAS, J., pro tem.

Letters of administration with the will annexed were issued to the proponent. Appellants filed a contest of the will and appeal from the judgment declaring the will to be valid and denying the contest.

The ground of the contest is that the will was not entirely written, dated, and signed by the hand of the testatrix, Anna England. No signature appears at the end of the document, which it is conceded by appellant is entirely in the handwriting of the decedent. The name “Anna England” appears in the caption only, and the question before this court on appeal is whether the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re the Estate of ManchesterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Estate of BernardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
  3. In Re the Estate of McMahonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Shoults v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
  5. Estate of MorganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Estate of MoodyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
  2. Goldberg v. BlochCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Kinney v. GardellaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
  4. Sullivan v. SullivanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
  5. Estate of BrooksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931

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