ESTATE OF WATSON

Docket No. 19196.

195 Cal.App.2d 740 (1961)

16 Cal. Rptr. 125

Estate of WILLIAM WIRT WATSON, Deceased. JAMES L. WATSON, Respondent, v. CELIUS CHRISTENSEN et al., Appellants.

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

September 21, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold D. Mefford for Appellants.

Harry Gonick and Robert P. Brorby for Respondent.


DRAPER, J.

In this will contest, the jury returned special verdicts finding that testator was without testamentary capacity and that his will was the product of undue influence. Proponents appeal from the judgment denying probate.

Testator was 80 years old at the time of execution of this will, one day before his death. His son, the contestant, was the only child of decedent. Although his parents had been divorced...

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