Legal Opinion
Monaco v. Peterson
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 29, 1968No. Civ. No. 24406PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtRattigan, J.
—The question presented by this appeal is whether a handwritten letter is admissible to probate as its author’s holographic will. The letter, which is in a barely legible scrawl, reads as follows (strikeouts by the author shown, within brackets) :
“Redwood City Calif July 29—1927
“R 1 Box 317 “Mr. Herman Wolfe
“Dear Brother I will drop you a few lines this morn, this leaves me OK hope you all are the same kid I am flat broke except my place I [a] have not got no job here yet so I am [leaveing] leaveing to hunt work I dont know where I am going but if I ever make enough money to get Stamps I will…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Parsons v. Bristol Development Co.California Supreme Court · 1965
- Flores v. ArroyoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
- Estate of ButtonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1930
- In Re Estate of SilvaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
- Estate of SargavakCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Estate of WolfeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968