Lobb v. Brown
208 Cal. 476 ·
Supreme Court of California · Filed
Published · citable
Cited by 6
Holding
The court held that a beneficiary’s passive acquiescence in or incidental assistance to a third-party will contest, absent affirmative acts aimed at nullifying the testamentary instrument, does not trigger a forfeiture clause where the beneficiary does not actively initiate or prosecute the challenge.
Cited by (6)
- EDWARD BENNETT GREGGE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MICHAEL HUGILL, as Trustee, etc., Defendant and Respondent (2016) 1 Cal. App. 5th 561
- Estate of BELDON KATLEMAN, Deceased. CAROLE KATLEMAN, Petitioner and Respondent, v. ARTHUR J. CROWLEY, Objector and Appellant (1993) 13 Cal. App. 4th 51
- Estate of ALICE I. FULLER, Deceased. ELIZABETH FULLER PIERRONG, Appellant, v. ANTOINETTE FULLER McMUNN et al., Respondents (1956) 143 Cal. App. 2d 820
- Estate of ESTHER A. LINDSTROM, Deceased. HOWARD K. HALL, Petitioner and Respondent, v. OWEN WAYNE HOPKINS et al., Contestants and Appellants; Estate of ESTHER A. LINDSTROM, Deceased. OWEN WAYNE HOPKINS et al., Petitioners and Appellants, v. SAN DIEGO TRUST & SAVINGS BANK, as Trustee, etc., Claimant and Respondent (1987) 191 Cal. App. 3d 375
- Estate of KATHERINE G. MILLER, Deceased. BURKE E. BURFORD, as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Respondent; SALLY MILLER FIELD et al., Distributees and Respondents, v. MIRIAM MILLER HARTMAN, Objector and Appellant (1963) 212 Cal. App. 2d 284
- Estate of WILLIAM J. ZAPPETTINI, Deceased. THELMA D. ZAPPETTINI, Claimant and Appellant, v. NORMA FERROGGIARO et al., Petitioners and Appellants (1963) 223 Cal. App. 2d 424