Legal Opinion

Estate of Button

California Supreme Court

Decided April 18, 1930No. Docket No. S.F. 13342PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CURTIS, J.—

This is an appeal from an order denying probate of a document in the form of a letter claimed by the proponent to be the last will and testament of Grace Edna Button, deceased. The letter in question was unquestionably entirely written and dated by the deceased Grace Edna Button during her lifetime. It was found in the same room in which her dead body was discovered after the deceased had presumably taken her own life. It was dated, “San Francisco, Calif. August 25-1928,” and was ad dressed to “Dear, dear Daddy.” The letter consisted of four pages written on both sides of two…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Estate of KnoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  2. In Re the Estate of ManchesterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
  3. In Re Estate of SpitzerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Estate of BernardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
  5. In Re the Estate of McMahonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Estate of WunderleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Estate of SargavakCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Ohanneson v. LambrinidouCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Estate of MoodyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
  5. Cedars of Lebanon Hospital v. PagelCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942

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