Estate of Sproston

The proponents appealed from a judgment setting aside the probate of the instrument theretofore admitted as the will of the decedent.

Frank Sproston died in Los Angeles on May 2, 1932, at the age of about seventy years. He left as his sole heir and next of kin his son, the contestant Francis Godfrey Sproston. He also left a will dated March 21, 1932, wherein he declared that he was a single man and whereby he bequeathed the sum of $500 to A. E. Cole, $500 to Mrs. A. E. Cole, a $600 note and trust deed to George Workman and the balance of his estate to the proponents, L. B. Latter and his wife.…