In Re the Estate of Black
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Yolo County and from an order denying.a new trial. A. J. Buckles, Judge presiding. Instruction numbered 4 is substantially quoted in the first syllabus. Further facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcFARLAND,J.
—This is an appeal by the contestants of the will of Mary A. Black, deceased, from a judgment probating said will and from an order denying their motion for a new trial.
As to the contention that the evidence did not justify the verdict, waiving the technical point made by respondent, it is enough to say that the evidence largely preponderates in favor of the findings of the jury.
Appellants’ main contentions relate to the instructions to the jury. The case ought to have been a reasonably simple one, but the parties managed to get it into a labyrinth of legal propositions. The attack on the…
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