ESTATE OF FRENCH

Docket No. 21371.

225 Cal.App.2d 9 (1964)

36 Cal. Rptr. 908

Estate of ETHELYN FRENCH, Deceased. WILLIAM FRENCH, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ROSEMARIE G. MASON et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

February 19, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren C. Moore for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Rankin, Oneal, Luckhardt, Center, Longinotti & Ingram, Maurice J. Rankin and Charles E. Luckhardt, Jr., for Defendants and Respondents.


SULLIVAN, J.

In this will contest we hold that the document admitted to probate by the court below is supported by the necessary testamentary intent and satisfies the statutory requirements for a valid holograph. Additionally, we conclude that the record sustains the court's finding that the will in question was not the product of undue influence. We therefore affirm the judgment.

The pertinent facts follow. Decedent, Ethelyn French, died in San Jose on April...

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