Legal Opinion

Estate of Burlew

California Court of Appeal

Decided December 5, 1956No. Civ. 5518PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMussell, J.

Fred E. Burlew died on January 29, 1954, and his holographic will, dated January 12 of that year, was admitted to probate in Orange County on February 19, 1954. The testator, in his will, gave Cora J. Bear $13,000 and an automobile. He gave $5,000 to Mrs. Doris Kent and directed that the balance of his estate be divided into five equal parts, two of which he gave to Cora J. Bear and the remaining three parts to Nancy Ann Borio. On July 20, 1954, a contest of this will was filed by relatives of the testator and his deceased wife, who had been named as devisees in a will executed by Burlew on…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Moore v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. In re Estate of McDevittCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Peterson v. LoganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
  4. Estate of MotzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
  5. In Re Estate of HigginsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Estate of FritschiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Estate of StraisingerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967
  3. Pacific Greyhound Lines v. QuernerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
  4. Elim Missionary Assemblies v. CunninghamCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967

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