Masterson v. Shelton
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Glenn County denying a new trial. Frank Moody, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
There was offered for probate before the superior court of Glenn county an instrument asserted to be the last will and testament of Elvineigh M. Kendrick, deceased, executed upon April 16, 1894. Certain brothers, sisters, nephews, and nieces of the deceased contested the probate upon various grounds, and a trial was had before a jury, to which the court submitted two special issues: 1. Was the decedent, at the time she executed the will, of sound mind? 2. Was the decedent, at the time she executed the will, acting under undue influence exercised over her by James Shelton, Jennie T. Shelton,…
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