Estate of Bernard
California Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtLennon, J.
This appeal is taken from an order revoking the probate of a certain document, holographic in form, theretofore admitted to probate as the last will and testament of Josephine Bernard, deceased. The order of the lower court revoking the probate of the alleged will rests upon two grounds: (1) That it was not signed by the decedent ; (2) that it was not entirely written by the decedent as required by; section 1277 of the Civil’ Code.
The document in question consists of four sheets of hotel stationery. The first page, as it appears in a photostatic copy incorporated in the record, is as follows:
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