ESTATE OF LaMONT

Docket No. L.A. 22061.

39 Cal.2d 566 (1952)

248 P.2d 1

Estate of DANIEL EVERETT LaMONT, Deceased. WILLIAM L. GUNNESS, Respondent, v. BELLA LAMONT et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 25, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willis Sargent and Sidney H. Wyse for Appellants.

Gunness & Graves and Joseph L. Graves for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

This is an appeal from an order denying probate of a will, and the sole question to be determined is whether the will was properly attested by two witnesses in compliance with section 50 of the Probate Code.

The instrument, which was typewritten, reads as follows:

"June 19, 1950

"To Whom it May Concern:

"I, Daniel Everett LaMont, do hereby bequeath my estate and its entire residue to my sister, Bella LaMont, of the home...

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