Estate of HOMER EUGENE WILLIAMS, Deceased. DEBORAH ANN COX, as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. ERIC WILLIAMS TOWLE, Objector and Appellant
155 Cal. App. 4th 197 · H030830
California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District · Filed
Published · citable
Cites 6
Holding
The court held that a handwritten document captioned “Last Will Etc. or What? of Homer Eugene Williams,” found in the decedent’s desk drawer, constituted a valid holographic will under Probate Code section 6111, as the testator’s name at the top of the document served as his signature and the material provisions were in his handwriting, demonstrating testamentary intent despite its informal phrasing and partial disposition of assets.
Statutes construed
- CCP § 904.1
- PROB § 6111
Authorities cited (6)
- Estate of RUBY SARGAVAK, Deceased. J. G. OHANNESON et al., Respondents, v. ADRINE LAMBRINIDOU et al., Appellants; H. KURKJIAN et al., Contestants and Respondents 35 Cal.2d 93
- Estate of THOMAS J. TWOHIG, Deceased. RILEY THOMAS TWOHIG, as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. JAMES THOMAS SWEENEY et al., Objectors and Appellants; SALLY WARRINGTON et al., Claimants and Respondents 178 Cal.App.3d 555
- Estate of DOROTHY SOUTHWORTH, Deceased. JEANETTE SOUTHWORTH et al., Contestants and Appellants, v. NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE, Objector and Respondent 51 Cal.App.4th 564
- KAREN ELAINE SCHUBERT et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CYNTHIA JANE REYNOLDS, Individually and as Trustee, etc., Defendant and Appellant 95 Cal.App.4th 100
- Estate of CAMILLE J. EHRENFELS, Deceased. CROCKER-CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. MRS. ALLAN F. CROCKETT et al., Objectors and Appellants; CALIFORNIA ALUMNI FOUNDATION, Objector and Respondent 241 Cal.App.2d 215
- Estate of MARGARET HORWITZ MacLEOD, Deceased. DOROTHY DAVIS et al., Petitioners and Respondents, v. DAVID ALBERT HORWITZ, Contestant and Appellant 206 Cal.App.3d 1235