Lavinburg v. Schwalbe
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco denying motions to vacate the verdict of a jury sustaining the contest of a will. Thomas F. Graham, Judge. The facts are stated in- the opinion of the court. Heller, Powers & Ehrman, and Marcel E. Cerf, for Sarah Schwalbe, Individually, and as Executrix, Appellant. J. E. Harper, and John E. Tyrrell, for Jessie Bloom, Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
Jessie Bloom and Sarah Schwalbe, two of the legatees under the will of Samuel L. Lavinburg, deceased, appeal from the orders denying their motions to vacate the verdict of the jury rendered in favor of Leon E. Lavinburg in a contest of said will. Contestant is a brother of appellants and also a legatee under his father’s will. ,
By the terms of the will of Samuel L. Lavinburg legacies were provided as follows: To the son Leon L., the contestant, five hundred dollars; to Cecilia Werthman, a daughter, five hundred dollars; to Jane Ruben, a daughter, five thousand dollars; and the…
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