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ESTATE OF POISL

Docket No. L.A. 23133.

44 Cal.2d 147 (1955)

280 P.2d 789

Estate of JOSEPH C. POISL, Deceased. EMMA POISL, Appellant, v. ROBERT L. FERGUSON, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 15, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

V.P. Lucas, J. Oscar Goldstein, P.M. Barceloux, Burton J. Goldstein and Goldstein, Barceloux & Goldstein for Appellant.

Thomas W. Hughes and Michael A. Gaynes for Respondents.

CARTER, J.

On December 10, 1950, Joseph Poisl, then 69 years of age, executed a witnessed will in which he declared that he was "unmarried" and had no children. He left a business property in Chicago to his two nieces; $5,000 cash to each niece; promissory notes to two nephews; a residence in San Diego and the personal property therein to "Emmie" also known as "Emma Blackburn" residing in Alhambra; the residue to the two nephews. It also provided that, except as specified...

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