Estate of Nelson
California Supreme Court
MOTION to dismiss appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Colusa County against revocation of the probate of a will and from an order denying a new trial. H. M. Albery, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Clunie & Bridgford, Crittenden Thornton, E. Weyand, and E. T. Crane, for Appellants.
1Opinion of the CourtHabbison, J.
Motion to dismiss the appeal. After the will of the above-named decedent had been admitted to probate, certain of his heirs filed a petition for the revocation of its probate. This petition was answered on behalf of three executors by their attorneys, Platt & Bayne and H. A. Powell— one executor not appearing to the citation therein; and by the devisees and legatees under the will by their attorney, Edwin Swinford. Upon a trial of the issues made by these answers judgment was rendered against the petitioners, and their motion for a new trial was afterward denied. From this order the present…
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