Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Tong

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided October 23, 1980No. 80CA0069PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KIRSHBAUM, Judge.

Proponent, Frank S. Tong, appeals an order of the trial court refusing admission to probate of two instruments and denying claimant’s request to exhume the body of decedent, Frank C. Tong, for purposes of an autopsy. We affirm the denial of the admission of the documents to probate, reverse the denial of the request for exhumation, and remand the cause for further proceedings.

The record reveals that the two documents in question are identical in content; that each was dated January 10, 1975; and that each was executed by decedent, witnessed by the same two witnesses, and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of HolmbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
  2. In Re Will of BarrieIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
  3. King v. BennettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
  4. In Re Estate of MinskyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
  5. Bailey v. KennedySupreme Court of Colorado · 1967

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  2. Gushwa v. HuntNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2007
  3. In Re Estate of SchumacherColorado Court of Appeals · 2011
  4. In re the Estate of SandsteadColorado Court of Appeals · 2016
  5. Sandstead v. Corona (In re Estate of Sandstead)Colorado Court of Appeals · 2016

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