Legal Opinion

Estate of Kidder

California Supreme Court

Decided March 12, 1885No. 8,269PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County admitting a will to probate. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMorrison, C. J.

This is an appeal from an order admitting to probate a destroyed will. The petition alleged the execution of the will, and that it was never revoked by the deceased; that on a day and at a place named, and without the knowledge or consent of said deceased, the will “was fraudulently burned *489and destroyed by and through the neglect and inattention of one Laura Stevens, who was then and there the nurse and sole attendant upon said decedent, and that said Mary Kidder died without any information or knowledge of the facts of said burning and destruction thereof.” The petition was demurred to, on…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re WillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
  2. Goodwin v. GoodwinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
  3. Timon v. ClaffyNew York Supreme Court · 1865

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Estate of ArbuckleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950
  2. Day v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
  3. In re Frandsen's WillUtah Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Painter v. PainterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Estate of LaneCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970

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