ESTATE OF ROHDE

Docket No. 17548.

158 Cal.App.2d 19 (1958)

323 P.2d 490

Estate of MARY ROHDE, Deceased. NELLIE FUST RUCKES, Respondent, v. HOWARD MAGEE, as Executor, etc., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

February 26, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert W. Hirschberg and Charles Reagh for Appellant.

Jacobsen & Tobin for Respondent.


McMURRAY, J. pro tem.*

The will of Mary Rohde was admitted to probate after her death in November, 1952; within the six months' period allowed for contest, the respondent instituted proceedings to set aside the will. The trial resulted in a jury verdict in favor of the contestant, based on two grounds:

(1) That the testatrix was mentally incompetent, and

(2) That the will was the product of undue influence.

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