California Trust Co. v. Culbertson

VALLÉE, J.

These actions, one to set aside joint tenancy agreements, to recover personal property and a penalty under Probate Code section 612, the other a will contest after probate—were consolidated for trial and are consolidated on appeal.

There are two appeals. In the action to set aside the joint tenancy agreements, the public administrator, as administrator of the estate of Charles E. Kreher, deceased, appeals from a judgment decreeing that the joint tenancy agreements were not procured by “coercion, fraud or undue influence.” In the will contest, the contestants, Polly Culbertson, Osgood…