ESTATE OF ELLIOT

Docket No. 18975.

114 Cal.App.2d 747 (1952)

250 P.2d 684

Estate of IDELL ELLIOT, Deceased. PAUL FOURNIER et al., Respondents, v. EMMA S. CLAUSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

December 15, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Combs for Appellant.

Watkins & Charlton and Albert E. Wheatcroft for Respondents.


McCOMB, J.

This is an appeal by a contestant (hereinafter referred to as appellant) from an order granting a new trial on the grounds of insufficiency of the evidence after a jury returned a verdict in favor of appellant setting aside a will of Idell Elliot, deceased, on the grounds of (1) unsoundness of mind of the testatrix and (2) that decedent was motivated by undue influence at the time she executed the will.

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