Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of JAMES H. BACKUS
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1892-08-19
Citations: 95 Cal. 671
Docket Number: No. 14581
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of JAMES H. BACKUS.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 95
Pages: 671–672

Head Matter:
[No. 14581.
Department Two.
August 19, 1892.]
In the Matter of the Estate of JAMES H. BACKUS.
Order Refusing Probate of Will — Time for Appeal — Dismissal. —• An appeal from an order refusing probate to a will should be taken within sixty days after the'entry of the judgment, and an appeal taken thereafter will be dismissed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Ventura County.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
J. Marion Brooks, and E. W. McKinstry, for Appellants,
Barnes & Selby, Orestes Orr, L. C. McKeely, and 21 0, Toland, for Respondents,

Opinion:
Sharpstein, J.
Appellants, who style themselves " proponents of the last will and testament of James H. Backus, deceased," appeal from a judgment entered May 29, 1890, refusing probate to said will.
The notice of appeal is dated May 25,1891, and on that day was served. Section 1715 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides'that the appeal in such a case must be taken within sixty days after the order, decree, or judgment is entered. This appeal was not taken until nearly a year afterwards, and counsel for respondent claim in their points and authorities that it should be dismissed. The question has been repeatedly before this court, and it has uniformly been held that such appeals must be taken within the time prescribed by section 1715 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Estate of Burns, 54 Cal. 223; In re Grider, 81 Cal. 574; In re Wiard, 83 Cal. 619; In re Fisher, 75 Cal. 523; Estate of Harland, 64 Cal. 379; Estate of Burton, 64 Cal. 428; In re Sanderson, 74 Cal. 199.)
Appeal dismissed.
De Haven, J., and McFarland, J., concurred.