ADAMS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 24621.

49 Cal.2d 427 (1957)

317 P.2d 983

VIRGINIA BAKER ADAMS, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respondent; HELEN JORDAN BAKER, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 22, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B.H. Findlay, Stuart S. Hillman and George I. Devor for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

John Lewis King and Stanley Mussell, Jr., for Real Party in Interest.


SHENK, J.

This is an application for a writ of mandate to compel the respondent superior court, in a proceeding to revoke the probate of the will of Herman R. Baker, to permit the contestant to inspect certain "day books" or diaries kept by the testator. An alternative writ was issued.

The testator, during his lifetime, was engaged in the practice of dentistry in Upland, California. From 1952 until his death in 1955 he kept so-called day books or diaries....

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