Estate of Blake
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Alfred Daggett, J. J. Dunne, and R. F. Roth, for Appellants. Bradley & Farnsworth, and E. O. Larkins, for Respondents.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
This is an appeal from an order admitting a will to probate. The will was contested, by certain daughters of deceased, upon the grounds that it was not executed or subscribed by the attesting witnesses according to law; that deceased was not of sound mind at the time of its execution; and that it was procured by fraud and undue influence. A jury was impaneled, and the various issues submitted to it, upon which a special verdict was returned upon each issue in favor of the proponents of the will.
Upon the issue as to the mental condition of deceased, the contestants examined certain…
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