WILLS. 1. The strictness of the rules of the civil law, requiring five, or at least three witnesses to a will, was relaxed in favor of remote districts. Castro v. Castro, 6 Cal. 158. By the customs of California, under Mexican rule, which have the force of law, two witnesses were sufficient to a will. Id. 2. It seems there never was a probate court in California, prior to the organization of the state, and that probate of a will was unknown. Id. A will takes effect on proof of its execution, in the absence of a statute requiring it to be probated. Id. 3. After twenty years' acquiescence in the terms of a will, an heir should not be allowed to dispute his own acts, or to contest the will on abstract points of law which never had force in California. Id. passage. 4. The several statutes of this state relating to wills, do not apply to wills executed previous to their There is no provision for the probate of such wills, and they must rest for their validity upon the laws under which they were made. Tevis v. Pitcher, 10 Cal. 465. 5. Where a will was attested by two witnesses, and made before a person who was a sindico; the sindico was a competent witness. Id. 6. Where the testator and witnesses to a will are dead, proof of the signature of the witnesses and of the testator will be sufficient evidence of its execution. Id. Page. Art. COUNTY ASSESSOR. Term of office........ 880 17 COURTS OF JUSTICE-CIVIL PRACTICE. Page. Art. 84 Vacancy in office of district judge how Fees of district attorney... Proceedings on arrest......................... Public executions abolished.... 86 COURT OF SESSIONS. See COURTS OF Jus- from court of sessions Appeal.......... 955 130 955 131 955 132 Business which may be done at chambers Jurisdiction of Court of Sessions.......... 911 88 Selling liquor, etc., near camp meeting........ 960 135 961 136 Answer, what to contain. Counter-claim defined......... 916 98 DAMAGES. Judicial decisions concerning... 932 bonds; when and how advertised........ 964 141 War. Appropriations to suppress Indian hostilities... 965 143 ........ 964 142 917 103 DELINQUENT LIST. See REVENUE. Bonds of county Discharge of.................... 918 106 Challenge for cause......... 919 107 Trial jury of court of sessions to act for .1031 263 Redemption of property sold under exe- cution.... 919 109 Eviction of purchaser of real property...... 919 109 965 144 920 110 |