Estate of Phifer
Opinion
Opinion
Clyde L. Bronn for Objector and Appellant.
Baker & Auw and Pierre E. Auw for Petitioners and Respondents.
OPINION
ROTH, P.J.
The decedent, Burl Richard Phifer, Jr., died on or about May 4, 1981. His body was discovered in a motel room in Oceanside, California and the cause of his death was attributed to suicide.
On or about May 3, 1981, the decedent made certain identical holographic additions, deletions and interlineations on several copies of his formal, witnessed will dated February 20, 1981, [1] which may be illustrated as follows: [2]
"LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF BURL RICHARD PHIFER, JR.
A RESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA
[Amended by written intil [ sic ] 5-3-81 Burl Richard Phifer, Jr.]
"FOURTH: I give and bequeath my interests in the real property located at 233 Seal Beach Blvd, Seal Beach, California to [Patrick Grady Whitman] [Larry B. Stevenson BRP 5-3-81]. Should he predecease me said property shall pass in equal portions to [Larry B. Stevenson] [BRP] and my brother, Robert Dale Phifer of Savanna, Oklahoma.
"FIFTH: I give and bequeath to Patrick Grady Whitman [75] [30 BRP 5-3-81] per cent interest in my veterinary practice known as Seal Beach Marina Veterinary Clinic....…