Belcher v. Moises

Opinion

LUI, J.

Appellant Berenice Moisés filed a will contest challenging the validity of an addition to a holographic codicil to the will of her uncle, Earl Archer. Archer’s cousin, Donald Belcher, and Belcher’s nominee to administer Archer’s estate, Dickinson Thatcher (respondents), filed a general demurrer to the contest. After a hearing, the demurrer was sustained without leave to amend, the contest was dismissed, and the challenged codicil was admitted to probate. Moisés appeals.

We conclude that, as a matter of law, the addition to the codicil adopts the signature of the original codicil.…