Estate of MARY M. BUSTEED, Deceased. HELEN L. CRANDELL, as Executrix, etc., et al., Appellants, v. MARGARET MURPHY SULLIVAN et al., Respondents

Holding

The court held that a trial court's minute order, which appeared to grant a new trial on a discrete issue, was in substance and legal effect a denial of the motion for a new trial and a proper exercise of its authority under Code of Civil Procedure section 662 to amend its findings and judgment. It further held that the evidence presented a substantial conflict on the material question of the appellants' heirship, and thus the trial court's amended findings, which eliminated them as heirs, were supported by sufficient evidence and must be upheld.