Estate of CHARLES E. KREHER, Deceased. CALIFORNIA TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), as Executor, etc., Respondent, v. POLLY CULBERTSON et al., Appellants; BEN H. BROWN, as Public Administrator, etc., Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation) as Executor, etc., Respondent

Holding

The court held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting a jury’s advisory verdict on undue influence in a joint tenancy action, as the verdict was not binding in an equitable proceeding, and that substantial evidence supported the trial court's findings that the joint tenancy agreements were not procured by undue influence. The court also held that the grant of a new trial in the consolidated will contest was not an abuse of discretion.