Case Name: Estate of WILLIAM McCAUSLAND, Deceased, Appellant, v. Application of ANNIE F. McCAUSLAND, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1876-02-07
Citations: 2 Cal. Unrep. 11
Docket Number: No. 4989
Parties: Estate of WILLIAM McCAUSLAND, Deceased, Appellant, v. Application of ANNIE F. McCAUSLAND, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Unreported Cases
Volume: 2
Pages: 11–12

Head Matter:
Estate of WILLIAM McCAUSLAND, Deceased, Appellant, v. Application of ANNIE F. McCAUSLAND, Respondent.
No. 4989;
February 7, 1876.
Marriage—Contract in the Presentí—The Findings of the Court below as ,to a contract of marriage in the present are not to be disturbed when made up on evidence substantially conflicting.
APPEAL from Probate Court, Santa Clara County.
Campbell, Fox & Campbell for appellant; J. E. McElrath for respondent.
For subsequent opinion, see Estate of McCausland, 52 Cal, 568,

Opinion:
By the COURT.
There was evidence tending to prove both a contract of marriage in the present and also a contract per verba de futuro cum copula.
This must be decisive of the case, for, assuming a substantial conflict in the evidence, we cannot disturb the findings of the court below.
Judgment and order appealed from affirmed.