Legal Opinion

Duhaney v. Calendar

California Court of Appeal

Decided November 25, 1966No. Civ. No. 23310Published

1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.

On this appeal by the niece of the predeceased. first wife of Samuel Duhaney (hereafter testator) from a decree entered after special verdicts denying her contest to his December 1962 will naming as chief beneficiary his second wife, the respondent, the only questions concern the *655instructions on undue influence and the propriety of the rejection of certain expert testimony.

As no contentions are raised concerning the sufficiency of the evidence, a brief summary of the pertinent facts will suffice. The testator died on November 8, 1963, leaving a will executed December 3, 1962, devising almost…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of HigginsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Llewellyn v. CheesewrightCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
  3. Estate of GravesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Estate of NelsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964
  5. Estate of FrenchCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964

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