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· 12/11/1889

Muir v. Meredith

Citations

  • 82 Cal. 19
  • 22 P. 1080
  • 1889 Cal. LEXIS 794

How courts have described this case

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  • “Here, even if no rebuttable presumption of undue influence could be shown, the evidence was sufficient for the jury to conclude that [the] Will and Trust were the result of undue influence.”
  • “[R]elevant evidence about the [testatrix’s] state of mind at the time of the execution of the will includes testimony relating to a reasonable period of time before and after the execution of the will.”
  • superior court could consider challenge to validity of will and trust based on undue influence; issues related to underlying will and estate were considered by probate court and, on appeal to superior court, were consolidated with previously-pending challenge to the trust

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Judges: Thornton

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