Legal Opinion

Estate of Jacobs

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 1, 1938No. Civ. 2146PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMarks, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment refusing to revoke the probate of the will of Isabella Jacobs, deceased. Her only surviving heirs at law are two nephews, one of whom is the contestant R. N. Conn. V. 0. Waldeck, Margarete K. Waldeck, his wife, and Pearl Gotham are the legatees named in a will of deceased executed on August 5, 1935, and the San Diego Trust and Savings Bank is the executor. None of the legatees was related by blood to Mrs. Jacobs.

Mrs. Jacobs was about eighty-three years of age at the time she executed the will. She had suffered a hemorrhage of the brain about five years before…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Estate of LancesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Estate of ShayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Kanopka v. KanopkaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
  4. Hill v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
  5. In Re Estate of SilvaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Peterson v. LoganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
  2. Nolan v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'nCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
  3. Hubbard v. DaBellCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
  4. Estate of TrefrenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
  5. Estate of VenturaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963

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