Estate of Lorenz

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Mateo County denying the petition of appellant Roy P. Newell for the revocation after probate of the will of William H. N. Lorenz, deceased.

The testator, William H. N. Lorenz, was also known as William H. Newell, III. He was the son of appellant, and was killed in action in Korea on October 19, 1952, while serving as a lieutenant in the United States Air Force. Testator was born on February 2, 1925. When he was 3 years of age his mother obtained a final decree of divorce from appellant, by which custody and control of testator and…