In re Estate of Ruffino
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a new trial. J. V. Coffey, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTemple, J.
This is the contest of a will. The testator died suddenly, while traveling in the east, June 5, 1895. The proponent, with the exception of two trifling bequests, is the sole beneficiary and appellant. She claims to have been the wife of the testator; but this is denied by the contestants, who claim that the relation between her and the testator was illicit. The contest was tried with the aid of a jury, to whom several questions were propounded, and the verdict was approved by the court, and judgment therein entered for the contestants.
*309The jury found as follows:
“1. Was the deceased, Louis J.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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