Sheppard v. Kendall

On February 1, 1904, the probate court made an order admitting a certain written instrument to probate as the last will of Joseph Sheppard, deceased. After-wards, on December 5, 1904,—within the year allowed by section 1327 of the Code of Civil Procedure for contesting a will which had been probated,—Lafayette Sheppard, claiming to be son and heir at law of said deceased, filed a petition for the revocation of the said probate of said will. The executors and other interested parties answered the petition; and the matter coming on regularly to be heard by the court on May 23, 1905, the…