Estate of Vetter

Henry J. Angelo commenced a proceeding to obtain a judgment admitting an alleged lost or destroyed olographic will to probate. Process was served on Anna Vetter, the surviving wife of the decedent, Frederick J. Vetter, and she appeared and answered. A trial was had before the trial court. The trial court made findings of fact in favor of the surviving wife Anna Vetter and from a judgment entered thereon the plaintiff has appealed under section 953a of the Code of Civil Procedure. In his opening brief the plaintiff contends that the findings of the court are unsupported by the evidence; the findings are contrary to the evidence; the court prejudicially erred in the admission of evidence; the court prejudicially erred in excluding evidence; and the court arbitrarily found and decided contrary to evidence and law. True it is that certain declarations of the deceased were objected to by the plaintiff and that his objections were overruled. However, the plaintiff does not brief the ruling made by the trial court showing wherein any error was committed, nor that the error, if any, was prejudicial to the plaintiff. In his brief the plaintiff earnestly contends that the trial court…