HILL v. THOMAS

Docket No. 20860.

135 Cal.App.2d 672 (1955)

288 P.2d 157

ELIZA HILL et al., Respondents, v. WILLIAM JAMES THOMAS, Appellant.

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

September 27, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denio, Hart, Taubman & Simpson for Appellant.

Madden & McCarry for Respondents.


FOX, J.

On this appeal the basic question is: Under the joint will of Henry and Eliza Hill, was Eliza after Henry's demise permitted to make inter vivos gifts to her son (appellant) by a former marriage?

The Hills were married in Florida in 1925. Mr. Hill was retired and affluent, and approximately 65 years of age. He had lived in Florida for several years. Prior to that time he had been in business in Calumet, Michigan. He had relatives

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