In Re Estate of Wall

This is an appeal from an order granting a motion for a new trial with respect to a part of the judgment.

The respondents offered for probate a document purporting to be the will of the decedent, and another document purporting to be a codicil thereto. The appellants contested the probate of the codicil on the ground that the same was not executed by the decedent either in the manner prescribed by section 1276 of the Civil Code or at all. The jury returned a special verdict to the effect that said Nellie M. Wall did not sign the said codicil nor acknowledge nor declare to the subscribing…