In Re Estate of Morcel
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County refusing to admit an alleged will to probate and from an order refusing a new trial. P. B. Ogden, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtAngellotti, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment refusing ro admit to probate a paper offered as the last will of deceased, and from an order denying the proponent’s motion for a new trial.
The paper was one executed by “Therese Berthol” on January 30, 1908, with all the formalities required by law for the execution of wills. By its provisions the contestant, a natural daughter of deceased, was given ten dollars only, one Marie Doyen Morcel, wife of J. Vincent Morcel, was given the jewelry and personal effects of deceased, and all the rest of her property, amounting in value to some eighteen thousand dollars…
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