Stewart v. Chase
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County denying the admission to probate of a foreign will. James C. Rives, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
There was offered for probate in the superior court of the county of Los Angeles a foreign will of Florence E. Chase, deceased, which will, it was averred, had been duly admitted to probate in the probate court of the county of Penobscot, state of Maine, of which state it was also alleged Florence E. Chase was a resident at the time of her death. Elinor A. Chase Stevens was the sole devisee and beneficiary under this will. The petitioner for the probate thereof, Paul Stewart, asserts an interest in the will through assignment from Elinor A. Chase Stevens.
This offer was met by a contest…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lake v. BonyngeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1911
- Moors v. LadenburgMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Marco v. LowSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1867
3Cited by3 opinions
- Hogan v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1925
- Chase v. StevensCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1917
- Schuster Electric Co. v. Hamilton County Stores, Inc.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1939