Donohue

Mitchell v. Donohue

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100 Cal. 202·1893 Cal. LEXIS 770·34 P. 614
Supreme Court of CaliforniaNovember 2, 1893No. 19203California559 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

For the reasons given in the opinion filed by this department June 27, 1893, the judgment and orders appealed from are affirmed.

The following is the opinion above referred to:

Patrick Donohue died in San Luis Obispo county on the nineteenth day of February, 1892, leaving surviving his wife, the respondent, Kate Donohue, but no children, and also leaving an estate, consisting of real and personal property of the value of about fifteen thousand dollars. His heirs-at-law, other than his widow, were one sister and several nephews and nieces, children of two deceased brothers. In due time the widow filed in the superior court of San Luis Obispo County her petition in proper form, asking that a paper accompanying the petition be admitted to probate as the last will of her deceased husband. The accompanying paper, as is shown by a photographic copy thereof brought here in the record, reads as follows:

A day was set for hearing the petition, and on that day the sister and one nephew and four nieces of the decedent appeared and filed written grounds of opposition to the probate of the alleged will. The grounds stated were as follows:

The petitioner served and filed her answer to the…

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