ESTATE OF WONG

Docket No. H012397.

40 Cal.App.4th 1198 (1995)

47 Cal. Rptr.2d 707

Estate of TAI-KIN WONG, Deceased. XI ZHAO, as Adminstrator, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. TAI-SHING WONG et al., Contestants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

December 7, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hallisey & Johnson and Jeremiah F. Hallisey for Contestants and Appellants.

McManis, Faulkner & Morgan, James McManis, William Faulkner and Lisa Herrick for Petitioner and Respondent.


OPINION

WUNDERLICH, J.

In this case we review the trial court's decision that a document containing eight words, seven of them proper names and an appellation, constituted a holographic will.

Tai-Kin Wong (Tai) was a successful 44-year-old businessman who until just before death had a history of good health. He was living with his girlfriend Xi Zhao (Xi), and he enjoyed a close...

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