Legal Opinion

Estate of Stone

California Supreme Court

Decided April 13, 1917No. L. A. No. 4955Published

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County admitting a will to probate. Fred H. Taft, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

THE COURT.

This is the second appeal in the contest of Leo Stone Green over the admission to probate of the will of her deceased father. The decision of this court upon the first appeal will be found reported in 172 Cal. 215, [155 Pac. 992]. There the verdict of the jury finding that the will was the product of undue influence exercised over the husband by his wife was reversed as unsupported by the evidence. A second trial was had; a jury was impaneled, and after trial the court instructed the jury to return its verdict in favor of the proponent of the will. The jury did so, and from the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of DombrowskiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Estate of StoneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
  3. In re Estate of McCartyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881

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