Estate of Bristol v. Young

23 Cal.2d 221 (1943)

Estate of LUTHER BRISTOL, Deceased. AGNES BRISTOL, Appellant,

v.

EDITH YOUNG, Respondent.

L. A. No. 18641.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Dec. 1, 1943.

Jacob Forst and W. P. Smith for Appellant.

Don Lake and Charles G. Young for Respondent.

SCHAUER, J.

The controlling question on this appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the finding of the trial court that "the deceased never cancelled or destroyed the codicil of April 28th, 1941, and said codicil was in existence at the time of his death." The contest is purely one of presumptions and inferences. That the…