Legal Opinion
Lacy v. Estes
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 20, 1963No. 63-813PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARROLL, Judge.
By certiorari there is presented for review an interlocutory order of the county judge’s court in Dade County which held that discovery procedures as provided for in the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure were not available to a petitioner in a will contest filed and pending within a probate proceeding pursuant to § 732.30, Fla.Stat., F.S.A.1
A will of E Carter Estes was admitted to probate. Executors were appointed. Katherine Isabel Lacy, daughter of the testator, renounced the ten dollars which the will awarded her and filed a petition for revocation of probate of the will,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- O'DAY v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- People Ex Rel. Lewis v. . FowlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Carpenter v. JonesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
- Fort v. WhiteIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
- McFadden v. McFaddenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1956
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Estate of Wood v. ChowningDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972
- Dierickx v. WisehartDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
- Ago, Florida Attorney General Reports1978
- In re Rules of Probate & Guardianship ProcedureSupreme Court of Florida · 1967
- In re the Estate of FalkDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971