Estate of JANE R. WYNNE, Deceased. KERN COUNTY HEART ASSOCIATION et al., Contestants and Appellants, v. BENNETT SIEMON et al., Proponents and Respondents
239 Cal. App. 2d 369 · 531
California Court of Appeal · Filed
Holding
The court held that substantial evidence supported the trial court's finding that the testatrix, Jane R. Wynne, possessed testamentary capacity when she executed a codicil revoking charitable bequests, and that the trial judge was not compelled as a matter of law to accept the hypothetical opinion of a medical expert over the direct testimony of subscribing witnesses and intimate acquaintances.
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