Legal Opinion

Estate of Whitworth

California Court of Appeal

Decided December 18, 1930No. Docket No. 7557PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHouser, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit in a proceeding by which the probate of the last will of the deceased, Arthur Whitworth, was contested.

The only matter in controversy between the litigants herein relates to whether the evidence introduced on the trial of the contest was sufficient to require the submission to the jury of the question of the mental capacity of the testator to make a will.

The substance of the evidence adduced on the hearing of the contest was that the testator was “feeble minded, . . . weak minded; ... an immature individual; ... of unsound mind; . . . silly; . . .…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Estate of PerkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Estate of SextonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1926
  3. Estate of MotzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Estate of CasarottiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
  5. In Re the Estate of De LaveagaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1913

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Estate of WhiteCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
  2. American Trust Co. v. DixonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938

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