BIAKANJA v. IRVING

Docket No. S.F. 19757.

49 Cal.2d 647 (1958)

320 P.2d 16

VINKA BIAKANJA, Respondent, v. THOMAS J. IRVING, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd J. Cosgrove and Herbert Chamberlin for Appellant.

Lenz, Jarvis, Miller & Decker, Martin J. Jarvis and Joseph E. Isaacs for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Plaintiff's brother, John Maroevich, died, leaving a will which devised and bequeathed all of his property to plaintiff. The will, which was prepared by defendant, a notary public, was denied probate for lack of sufficient attestation. Plaintiff, by intestate succession, received only one-eighth of the estate, and she recovered a judgment against defendant for the difference between the amount which she would...

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