Estate of AUSTIN D. STEPHENS, Deceased. KATHERINE STEPHENS VOHS, Petitioner and Appellant, v. SCOTT WILLIAMS, as Cotrustee, etc., et al., Claimants and Respondents
28 Cal. 4th 665 · S095401
Supreme Court of California · Filed
Published · citable
Cited by 2
Holding
The court held that a grant deed signed by an individual acting as an amanuensis—a mere instrument carrying out the grantor’s direct instruction—is valid even if the signing occurs outside the grantor’s physical presence, provided the grantor subsequently ratifies the act.
Statutes construed
- CCP § 1281
- CCP § 377.31
- CCP § 377.40
- CIV § 1040
- CIV § 1091
- CIV § 1624
- CIV § 2309
- CIV § 2310
- CIV § 2793
- COM § 2201
- EVID § 115
- PROB § 21350
- PROB § 4264
- PROB § 58
Cited by (2)
- Estate of IRMA E. YOUNG, Deceased. STEPHEN C. PARKER, as Administrator, etc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. CHARLES D. PARKER et al., Objectors and Appellants (2008) 160 Cal. App. 4th 62
- Estate of JANICE HELENE KRAUS, Deceased. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA et al., Petitioners and Respondents, v. DAVID KRAUS, Objector and Appellant (2010) 184 Cal. App. 4th 103