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ESTATE OF HOLMES

Docket No. 22013.

233 Cal.App.2d 464 (1965)

43 Cal. Rptr. 693

Estate of ALBERT F. HOLMES, Deceased. ZELMA JEWELL, Individually and as Administratrix, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BEATRICE V. DAWSON, Defendant and Appellant.

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

April 6, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Travis and Peter R. Vitrano for Defendant and Appellant.

Faulkner, Sheehan & Wiseman, Charles J. Wiseman and Wallace Sheehan for Plaintiff and Respondent.

DRAPER, P.J.

This appeal presents two questions. Does the evidence support the finding that sale of decedent's home was the result of undue influence? If so, does the sale work an ademption of a devise of that property?

Albert F. Holmes was a retired cost accountant. In 1955, during his wife's last illness, he employed a neighbor, Mrs. Dawson, as housekeeper. Upon Mrs. Holmes' death in 1956, Albert inherited the home. Mrs. Dawson continued as housekeeper....

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